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An early morning shooting in the Rainier Valley drew dozens of law enforcement to the scene.

Police arrived around 5 a.m. to find one person wounded at South Othello Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, very close to a Safeway store.

Authorities say the person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

No one has been arrested.

Rainier Valley crime: Residents rally for safety after mass shooting

No doubt, the large police response was due to increased focus on the area after a mass shooting last August.

The percentage of shootings and shots fired nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021, according to Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) . In 2023, Rainier Beach has witnessed more than 48 reported violent crimes through June, including 15 in May alone — the most in a single month since October 2018, according to . There were 106 instances of violent crime in Rainier Beach in 2022.

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