Seattle Police say there was a deadly shooting at Harvard and Pike just after 5 PM Saturday. The shooter was arrested at the scene.
Seattle Fire was called to the area for a shooting involving two reported victims. Witnesses report ambulances carrying victims from the scene and nearby buildings in lockdown. SPD says a man in his 20s died at the hospital and a child was injured in the incident.
According to East Precinct and Seattle Fire radio updates, the two shooting victims were in a car found with bullet damage at the scene near E Pike.
Police were looking for a shooter reportedly seen on foot near Broadway and Pine. Police say he was taken into custody and a firearm was recovered at the scene.
Seattle Fire tells CHS the 9-year-old boy in stable condition was taken to the hospital. SPD says the child is a nephew of the man who was killed and was in the front passenger seat of his uncle’s vehicle when the shooting occurred.
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