SEATTLE — A security guard was shot in the groin in downtown Seattle last night.
According to the Seattle Police Department, dispatch received reports of a shooting along Western Ave., near the intersection of Marion Street, just before 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Arriving officers found a 21-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the groin area. Police looked after him until firefighters arrived.
Seattle Fire Department crews then took the man to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening, but serious, injuries.
Police cordoned off the area and spoke to witnesses, who said there were two to three men, but just one shooter, involved in the incident. The witnesses said there was an altercation before the shooting, and the suspects ran off.
SPD says the victim is a security guard, but did not confirm where he worked or whether he was working at the time of the shooting.
No suspects are in custody as of this writing.
Gun Violence Reduction Unit detectives are working to determine the circumstances leading up to the shooting.