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Police investigate second October shooting at 23rd and Union

(Image: @drewgillett via Twitter)

(Image: @drewgillett via Twitter)

A 49-year-old man was shot multiple times and sustained injuries to both legs in another shooting incident at 23rd and Union Thursday night.

Police and fire units rushed to the scene around 6:30 PM to a report of a man down and a shooter fleeing the scene.

According to Seattle Fire, the injuries are not life threatening.

Thursday night’s incident follows another shooting at 23rd and Union at Earl’s Cuts on October 6th. In that incident, a male in his late 20s was shot in the leg. A barber’s chair from inside Earl’s was amongst the evidence taken by police that night.

The search for the suspect Thursday night centered on the area around the Midtown Center parking lot and on E Union where the suspect was spotted walking casually from the scene. There were no immediate arrests.

A gang unit was called to the scene.

UPDATE 10/28/2016 9:05 AM: SPD has posted a brief report on the incident which police say took place inside the barber shop:

A 49-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Thursday evening at a barbershop near 23rd Avenue and East Union Street.

Police received reports of a shooting around 6:30 PM and arrived to find the 49-year-old victim sitting in a chair inside the business.

Witnesses at the scene didn’t provide much information about the incident, but it appears the suspect entered the business, shot the victim, and then fled. Several men were also reportedly heard arguing on the street near the business around the time of the shooting.

The victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries to both his legs.

The suspect–described as a black male with a short beard, wearing a Seahawks beanie, leather jacket, light colored shirt and khakis–walked away from the scene. Police searched the area but were unable to find the man.

SPD Gang Unit detectives are investigating.

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Jeremy
Jeremy
7 years ago

I thought the barber shop was supposed to be Sweden.

RK
RK
7 years ago

I work next door and saw the victim being evacuated off the scene. I would not agree with the description of a 50 year old. More like between 30 and 40 at most. Unfortunately, I did not see the perp get away… unlike last time. It seems all too easy to shoot folks and get away with it around here. C’mon people!

RK
RK
7 years ago

And also… WTF, taking a chair from Earl’s? Great detective work! That’ll crack the case wide open! Oh wait, no. It just means Earl is out 1200 bucks or something like that.

poop
poop
7 years ago
Reply to  RK

Maybe it had a bullet imbedded in it.

Paul
Paul
7 years ago

All the work and effort over several years to make 23rd and Union a safer place for those who live around it and now it is once again a drug corner thanks to pot and people are still getting shot there.

Nom Nom Nom
Nom Nom Nom
7 years ago
Reply to  Paul

It’s not pot those dudes in the midtown lot are selling, Paul.

They are smoking it though. Same as always.

Jim98122x
Jim98122x
7 years ago
Reply to  Paul

Based on what little information the reports carry so far, what leads to your assumption that it had to do with drugs?