The Brief
- Police are investigating a Monday morning shooting in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.
- One person was killed, and officers are searching for the suspect.
- Police are asking the public to avoid the area.
SEATTLE – Police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened Monday morning in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.
What they’re saying:
According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), just before 8 a.m., officers responded to a shooting in the 400 block of Rainier Avenue South. When police arrived, they found a man in his 30s suffering from a gunshot wound.
Officers and the Seattle Fire Department treated the victim before taking him to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition. Authorities said despite life-saving efforts by doctors, the victim died in the operating room. …