Woman fatally shot near Garfield High School; student hurt in earlier shooting outside school

SEATTLE — There’s increased police presence in Seattle’s Central District following two shootings on Wednesday.

One of them was deadly, and the other involved a Garfield High School student.

“We’re going to have a visible presence, we’re going to make sure that this area is safe for all the students to come in and learn,” said Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz.

Residents say more needs to happen. They say the people committing these crimes need to be held accountable.

“I would like to see laws passed to get rid of people having guns, they don’t need to have these guns,” said Adam Edwards.

Wednesday’s shootings happened about six hours apart from each other.

The first one took place around 2:40 p.m. at a bus stop, just feet away from the high school.

“I heard like three shots, we didn’t know what it was at first,” said a student.

Police say someone in a light colored SUV fired opened fire, striking a 17-year-old female student in the leg. She was transported to Harborview Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Then around 8:42 p.m., just a block away near 24th Avenue South and South Main Street, a 30-year-old woman was shot and killed.

Edwards says his daughter goes to Garfield High School, and like many other students, she’s become desensitized to all the crime happening in the area.

“It does get frustrating at some point. I hope it doesn’t happen again. They should do something about the guns,” said a student.

There’s been no arrests in either case. If you have any information regarding any of the shootings you are urged to call Seattle Police at 206-233-5000.

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