SEATTLE — A person died after he was shot in the chest near a homeless camp under the West Seattle Freeway in the SODO neighborhood on Tuesday morning.
Seattle Police Department reported its officers responded to 1st and Spokane streets just before 5 a.m.
Officers gave first aid to the injured man arrived until medics arrived. The man, 31, was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he died late morning.
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Police are searching the area for two possible suspects.
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As officers investigated the camp behind police tape, a man screamed at them. Some officers surrounded a tent in the investigation.
The 31-year-old man is the third person killed near a homeless camp or near people living in an RV this year.
So far in 2017, officers have investigated 14 homicides in Seattle, not including two officer-involved shootings.
Tuesday's shooting marks the second homicide in Seattle this month. Earlier in August, a person died in a shooting in South Seattle on the 700 block of South Charles Street.