Seattle police have arrested a 41-year-old man for assault and unlawful possession of a firearm following a shooting investigation in the Chinatown International District early Monday morning. At approximately 1:40 a.m., officers responded to reports of a man pointing a gun at individuals in Hing Hay Park. During the 911 call, dispatch informed responding officers that the suspect had discharged a firearm while the victim was still on the line.
Analysts from the Real Time Crime Center reviewed footage from community space cameras. Although the shooting itself was not captured on video, the footage revealed multiple people fleeing the park at the time of the incident, with the suspect seen running toward 6th Avenue South. Within two minutes of the initial 911 call, police located the suspect in the 600 block of South Jackson Street and arrested him without resistance, recovering a firearm from his pocket.
Investigations revealed that the suspect had approached a victim and her boyfriend, engaging in a verbal altercation. During the confrontation, he reportedly fired a gun at them, though neither was injured. According to the police report, the suspect threatened the victim, stating, “he was going to kill her.”…