A 28-year-old man has died after being shot in Seattle's High Point neighborhood, and police have opened an investigation into the killing. Officers found the man just after midnight with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but ultimately did not survive, turning the overnight incident into a fatal shooting.
According to police, the circumstances surrounding the shooting were unusual from the outset. Witnesses told officers that the gunfire happened on Southwest Graham Street. However, authorities did not find the wounded man at that location. Instead, he was located a short distance away on First Avenue South, after a friend drove him from the scene in an apparent effort to get him help.
The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center, the region's primary trauma hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition. Despite the efforts of medical staff, he later died of his injuries at the hospital. His death marked the shooting as a homicide and prompted Seattle police to escalate their response into a full investigation.
Investigators are now working to determine exactly what led up to the gunfire on Southwest Graham Street. As of the latest information, authorities had not announced any arrests, nor had they released details about a possible suspect or a motive. Detectives were continuing to gather accounts from witnesses and piece together the sequence of events that ended with a young man's death.