Crime & Safety
NYE Shooting In Seattle Nightclub Leads To Injury, Arrest: Police
Multiple people called 911 to report someone had fired a gun inside the club. The incident was one of three weekend shootings in Seattle.
SEATTLE, WA — A 22-year-old man has been arrested after one person was injured in a shooting at a Seattle nightclub over New Year's Eve weekend.
Multiple people called 911 at 1:35 a.m. on Jan. 1 to report someone had fired a gun inside a club in the 100 block of South Washington Street.
Police found the alleged shooter in a nearby parking lot after witnesses at the scene described him, and he was booked into King County Jail on first-degree assault and felony harassment charges.
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Responding officers provided first aid to a 35-year-old man they found outside with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, before Seattle Fire Department medics took over and transported him to Harborview Medical Center.
The shooting was one of three in Seattle overnight on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. Police believe the shootings are unrelated, and each incident is actively being investigated.
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Here's information on the other two shootings, as provided by the Seattle Police Department:
No. 1: Dec. 31 at 6:35 p.m.
Police responded to a business in the 1400 block of 23rd Avenue after an employee called 911 to report that a man had walked in and said he'd been shot.
The man, 38, had a gunshot wound to the chest and told police he had been shot several blocks away. Police began first aid, before Seattle Fire Department medics arrived to provide aid and transport him to Harborview Medical Center.
Shooting No. 2: Jan. 1 at 1:05 a.m.
A man, 23, arrived at Harborview Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his leg, and told police he had been shot while walking in the Chinatown-International District.
Police said the man provided officers with a "limited suspect description."
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