Man, 20, shot in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood
Aug 31, 2015, 10:30 PM | Updated: Sep 3, 2015, 2:24 pm
A 20-year-old man was shot in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood Monday evening, according to police.
Officers arrived to the scene in the near the Seattle Union Gospel Mission, around 9:40 p.m.
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The man was rushed to Harborview Medical Center with a life-threatening gunshot wound.
Police said witnesses reported an argument between the suspect and the victim in the Union Gospel Mission parking lot before the suspect pulled out a gun and shot multiple times.
Police have not yet provided information about the suspect, who they say got into a vehicle after the shooting.
This is the second shooting in Pioneer Square in two days. a person was shot in the leg on Saturday afternoon two blocks east at the intersection of South Main Street and Second Avenue South. A juvenile was arrested in connection with that shooting, according to the Times.
