Local

SPD: Man shot in face in downtown Seattle

File photo of police lights

SEATTLE — Police are investigating after a man was injured in a downtown Seattle shooting on Monday night.

Officers responded around 8:30 p.m. to a gunshot near 3rd Avenue and Pine Street.

Police found a 48-year-old man on the sidewalk in the 1500 block of 3rd Avenue with a gunshot wound to his face, according to a blotter post.

He was transported to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.

Despite there being a large number of people nearby when the shooting happened, police said that few witnesses provided information about what led up to the shooting.

Detectives are continuing to investigate.