TUKWILA, Wash. — A postal employee is dead after a shooting at the USPS Processing and Distribution Center in Tukwila.
Around 4 p.m., Tukwila Police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service responded to calls of a shooting at the USPS Processing and Distribution Center, located at 10700 27th Avenue South.
When police arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound.
Police provided aid until medics took over but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police believe the suspect and victim knew each other but are investigating what led to the shooting.
The suspect left the scene and has not been found.
The Postal Inspection Service can confirm a postal employee assigned to the facility is deceased. This is an active investigation, and no additional information can be provided at this time.
— John A. Wiegand, Postal Inspector
Around 8:30 p.m., KIRO 7 followed Tukwila Police to a different scene in South Seattle where a man was found shot.
Seattle fire treated a 33-year-old man with a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound near South Sullivan Street and 8th Ave South. He’s in critical condition at the hospital.
Police later learned that the shooting suspect was the man who was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours later. According to police, the two knew each other and both worked at USPS.
It’s unclear if the suspect was on the clock at the time of the shooting. Police are still investigating what led up to the shooting.
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