Seattle police investigating three overnight shootings on New Year’s Eve

SEATTLE — Three men were injured in three separate shootings overnight in Seattle, according to Seattle police.

Police received reports of the first shooting at 6:35 p.m. on Friday when an employee at a business called 911 to report that a man just walked in and said he had been shot.

Police responded to the business located in the 1400 block of 23rd Avenue and found a 38-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest, who told police he had been shot several blocks away. Police began first aid before transferring care to Seattle Fire medics who transported the man to Harborview Medical Center.

Shortly after 1:00 a.m. Saturday, police responded to Harborview Medical Center after a 23-year-old man arrived there with a gunshot wound to his leg. The victim was able to provide officers with a limited suspect description and said he had been shot while walking in the Chinatown-International District.

Police then responded to multiple reports that someone had fired a gun inside a nightclub in the 100 block of South Washington Street at around 1:30 a.m. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 35-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his shoulder. SFD medics transported the man to Harborview Medical Center for his injuries.

Several witnesses at the scene described the shooter and officers located the 22-year-old suspect in a nearby parking lot. Police arrested the man and he has been booked into King County Jail for first-degree assault and felony harassment.

All three shootings remain active and ongoing investigations. At this time, police say they do not believe the incidents are related.

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