SPD investigating firework assault that left 23-year-old with ‘significant facial injuries’

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is investigating an assault involving a large firework that seriously injured a man late Monday night in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID).

SPD officers were initially called to respond to a shooting near 9th Avenue S. and S. Jackson Street before discovering a man, 23, with “significant facial injuries” and no gunshot wounds. Officers found the victim just before midnight Tuesday. No evidence of a shooting was found at the scene.

The victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center after paramedics applied first aid at the scene…

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