Seattle police investigating after 2 injured in South Park shooting

SEATTLE — Seattle police are investigating after two people were injured in a shooting in the South Park neighborhood on Friday night.

According to the Seattle Police Department, an officer responded to reports of a man “shooting several rounds from a car” after hearing sounds of gunfire.

Just after 9 p.m., officers arrived at the scene of the reported shooting, near the intersection of 10th Avenue South and South Cloverdale Street, and located a 54-year-old woman with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to her forearm.

She was a passenger in a car traveling eastbound in the area when she was struck by gunfire, according to SPD.

Officers applied a tourniquet while waiting for Seattle Fire Department Personnel to arrive. She was later transported to Harborview Medical Center for further treatment.

While still on scene, police learned of a second victim, a 25-year-old woman. According to police, the woman was in a nearby residence when she sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to her back from a “projectile” that came through a window.

SFD provided medical assistance to the second victim. She was also transported to Harborview Medical Center.

Officers recovered shell casings from the scene and impounded a car with ballistic damage for further processing.

Police searched for a suspect and their vehicle, described as a white sedan-type vehicle, but did not locate either.

Detectives with the SPD Gun Violence Reduction Unit will continue to investigate this shooting.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.

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