SEATTLE — Seattle police say a man was critically injured in a shooting in the Rainier Beach area overnight.
According to the Seattle Police Department, officers responded to reports of shots fired at a parking lot along Rainier Avenue South at around 2:30 a.m. Monday.
Officers reportedly found one man who had been shot in the stomach. According to SPD, the man was in critical condition and was treated by police before medics arrived.
The Seattle Fire Department says paramedics arrived and treated an approximately 30-year-old man, who was then taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition.
Detectives with the Gun Violence Reduction Unit responded to the scene and the hospital to investigate, SPD confirmed.