At least four shot, three hospitalized in First Hill shooting

SEATTLE — At least four people were hurt in an early-morning shooting in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood near Capitol Hill on Monday.

Seattle Police Department first shared the incident around 3:30 a.m., asking people to be safe and avoid the area. KIRO 7 went to the scene to find out more.

According to SPD, patrol officers first responded to reports of a shooting at 2:33 a.m. near Broadway and East Pike Street. Police found a woman in her 20s with a gunshot wound (GSW) graze to the head and a man in his 20s with a suspected GSW to his finger.

Seattle police and the Seattle Fire Department looked after both victims, and the woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center in stable condition.

While investigating, another man in his 20s with two gunshot wounds to his lower back and ankle crashed his car into the entrance of Swedish First Hill Hospital. The car had been struck by “multiple points of gunfire”, according to SPD.

Then, a third man in his 20s walked into Kaiser Permanente Hospital with a GSW to his right leg.

Officers were not able to share details on the events leading up to the shooting as of yet, as the circumstances and connections to each victim are still under investigation. However, they do say the suspect or suspects in the car that they believe to be responsible for the gunfire fled the area and have not been found, and no arrests have been made.

SPD officers and detectives with the Gun Violence Reduction Unit were on the scene at each location Monday morning investigating and speaking to witnesses.

Three of the four GSW victims were hospitalized, and police say the medical conditions for each vary from stable to serious, though no injuries appear to be life-threatening at this time.

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