Bellevue Police Investigating Shooting Death in Downtown Bellevue Apartment

Update: 12:24 p.m.

The Bellevue Police report that they have a suspect in custody.

The man in police custody knew the victim, though the relationship to the victim was not immediately available, according to Bellevue police spokesman Officer Seth Tyler.

According to police, around the shooting was reported around 10 a.m. in an apartment at the Belle Arts Apartments, 111 108th Ave. NE in downtown Bellevue. Police arrived and found three adults at the apartment, including a man appearing to be in 40s who was unconscious with a single gunshot wound, according to police.

Medical personnel pronounced the man dead at the scene, according to police. The third person was questioned as a witness, Tyler said.

Police are awaiting a search warrant to investigate the apartment and a car that was impounded from a parking lot across the street, Tyler said.

Bellevue Patch will update this story as more details come available.

Original story:

The Bellevue Police are investigating the shooting death of a man in an apartment at 111 108th Ave. NE in downtown Bellevue.

The shooting was reported just after 10 a.m., according to a department press release. Officers arrived and located a male victim in the apartment, according to the press release. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.

There were three people in the apartment during the shooting, according to police spokesman Officer Seth Tyler. The other two people are being questioned, he said.

Bellevue Police are currently investigating and will provide additional details as they become available.

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