2 injured in shooting in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood

SEATTLE — Two people were injured in a shooting Friday evening in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood, Seattle police said.

Officers were called to the 9000 block of Rainier Avenue South after witnesses reported gunfire at 6 p.m.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man and a woman in a car, each with a gunshot wound, authorities said.

Medics with the Seattle Fire Department said a 25-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man were taken to Harborview Medical Center and were stable upon arrival.

The woman had been shot in the stomach and the man in one of his hands.

Officials did not say what led to the shooting.

No information was released on whether a suspect was taken into custody.

This investigation remains ongoing.