1 dead, 4 injured after violent night of shootings in Seattle

LOS ANGELES — One person is dead and several others are in the hospital after being shot during the violent Monday night shooting in Seattle.

At around 9:45 p.m., a man was shot at the corner of Pasadena Pl NE and NE 42nd St. in the University District next to the Ship Canal Bridge, which connects northern Seattle with downtown, Seattle police said. 911 callers reported hearing gunshots near a homeless encampment next to the bridge. Despite life-saving efforts by Seattle police and firefighters, the man died at the scene.

At about the same time, four people arrived at Harborview Medical Center after the shooting. The first two victims are connected to each other, and it is unclear if this is also the case for the third and fourth victims, who arrived in a private vehicle.

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It is unclear where the four people were shot and whether they are connected to the U-District shooting.

All victims admitted to hospital – men between the ages of 25 and 46 – are in satisfactory condition, the hospital said.

Seattle police said there were no witnesses to the previously fatal shooting.

Police ask anyone with information to call the SPD Violent Crimes Hotline at 206-233-5000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-Tips.

Other recent shootings

The shootings follow several days of violence in Seattle. One man was killed and another injured in a shooting at Alki Beach in west Seattle on Saturday morning.

A 26-year-old man is accused of shooting two people in the Chinatown-International District early Sunday morning. He is being held on $100,000 bail.

Then, early Monday morning, Seattle police discovered 41 shell casings near Aurora Avenue North and 117th Street in north Seattle. Police said they were looking for three suspects involved in the incident.

In Skyway, neighbors of the Creston Point Apartments sought shelter Monday night after a shooting broke out in the parking lot. A woman’s car was riddled with bullets. A 10-year-old girl was shot and killed by a ricochet bullet at the apartment complex in the 13400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way on May 23.

Neighbors told KOMO News on Monday that they saw three people speeding away from the complex after the shooting. Officials have not confirmed the incident.