A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in a West Seattle restroom Tuesday afternoon.
At about 1:26 p.m., officers responded to the report of a shooting in the 2800 block of Southwest Thistle Street.
When they arrived, officers found a teen with a gunshot wound in the bathroom of a community building.
According to police, the boy was with friends when they came into the building, then the other kids left.
“Several youths had entered the establishment, they noted their friend had been shot and then they left,” said Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz. “We’re still trying to get a little more detail about what occurred. Right now we have not had any reports of an altercation or anything that would suggest that.”
Police are working to determine the circumstances that led up to the shooting. They are also looking for the gun that was used.
The shooting hasn’t been labeled a homicide yet.
“We haven’t had a homicide this year so we’re not yet determining if this is a homicide,” said Chief Diaz. “We do have our homicide unit investigating this to determine if there is potential criminal activity but we’re still unsure of that at this moment.”