Power has been restored to most customers in South Seattle after an outage that impacted nearly 8,000 people.
Seattle City Light tweeted about the incident just before 7:30 p.m. South Seattle and the Rainier Valley were the areas most heavily impacted.
Around 7:30 p.m., 7,803 customers were without power. At 8:46 p.m., Seattle City Light tweeted that power had been restored and the outage map showed just three customers without power.
Seattle City Light said that the outage were caused by bullets hitting an underground electrical conduit.
Just after 7:30 p.m., the Seattle Police Department tweeted about a shooting where someone suffered a graze wound to the head in the 3900 block of South Warsaw Street, which police chief Adrian Diaz later confirmed was the shooting that knocked out power to thousands. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Power is restored. Thank you for your patience.
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) January 15, 2023
Police investigating shooting in the 3900 block South Warsaw Street. One victim located with non-life-threatening injury. Suspect not located. More information when available.
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) January 15, 2023
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