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One shot in Pine nightlife shootout — UPDATE

A shootout involving multiple gunmen left one person down with life threatening injuries in a bout of gunfire amid Pike/Pine nightlife crowds early Sunday morning.

Seattle Fire was called for one of the reported shooters down at Pine and Melrose where an officer found the man on the pavement on the north side of the intersection and began CPR while others fanned out around the area in search of one or two possible additional shooters in the 2:20 AM incident.

Police were collecting evidence including multiple shell casings and talking to witnesses at the shooting scene outside Pine nightclub the Baltic Room, the scene of another similar shootout in October.

Gang detectives were called to the scene Sunday morning.

We do not have additional information about the 26-year-old man’s condition but he was transported to Harborview according to East Precinct radio updates. UPDATE: Police say the man was shot in the leg. Seattle Fire says he was in stable condition at the time he was transported to the hospital.

I think someone just got shot tonight in Capitol Hill. Anyone see/hear anything? from SeattleWA

Pine was closed from Boren to Bellevue during the response and investigation.

Another shooting in Seattle was reported near Rainier and Othello during the Pine response.

UPDATE 11:30 AM: Police have released a brief on the incident but say they are still working to establish details after witnesses “gave conflicting versions of what happened” —

Witnesses began calling 911 at 2:20 am to report a shooting in the 1200 block of Pine Street. As police flooded the area they received additional information that people were doing CPR on the victim. Officers found the person who had been shot in the leg and provided first aid until he was taken to Harborview Medical Center by medics. Detectives with the Gang unit spoke with multiple witnesses who gave conflicting versions of what happened. Detectives are now examining evidence left at the scene to develop a suspect description. Anyone with information in this case is asked to call the tip line at (206)233-5000.

 

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Expat
Expat
4 years ago

Remember when the new Baltic Room owners told CHS they were gonna turn the place around? Ha.

RWK
RWK
4 years ago

It’s time that the Baltic Room was closed down, obviously.

Zach
Zach
4 years ago
Reply to  RWK

If all places where shootings happened in or near were closed down, there would barely be any places to be. Your so called solution is ham handed, ridiculous and ineffective. What you’re objecting to is the location of the violence in your neighborhood, not the violence in the broader region which is actually what needs to be addressed. Meanwhile go ahead and buy out the Baltic Room and open a yarn store. But make sure to sell fabric body bags if you want to make a profit and stay open.

jams
jams
4 years ago
Reply to  Zach

Really? What other Cap Hill nightclubs have had 3 shootings in the past 4 years?

Zach2
Zach2
4 years ago
Reply to  Zach

How many shootings have happened outside the yarn store a few blocks up? None that I can remember…

CD Neighbor
CD Neighbor
4 years ago
Reply to  Zach

This isn’t a single shooting…. it’s a pattern of violence that has been, in the past, if not yet clearly with this incidence, specifically associated with the Baltic Room…

RWK
RWK
4 years ago
Reply to  Zach

We have a “public nuisance” law on the books for a reason.

Andrew Squirrel
Andrew Squirrel
4 years ago
Reply to  Zach

Oh, I’d love a yarn store in that location! Great idea.

yogachimp
yogachimp
4 years ago
Reply to  Zach

zach, the places that repeatedly attract violent sociopaths and serve as a catalyst for violence need to be shutdown.

YouAreAllCrazy
YouAreAllCrazy
4 years ago
Reply to  RWK

Really, we have that many shootings in public spaces we’d have to close the neighborhood? Geez, I better start packing heat myself. I agree addressing violence is the key, but it’s a more involved issue and takes time. So in the meantime, while trying to minimize gun violence, I see no reason to keep an establishment open that invites it in.

neighbor
neighbor
4 years ago

This is an ongoing problem with the Baltic room. Shut it down.

Concerned
Concerned
4 years ago

I heard the shots from my apartment, and saw the scene unfold once the police arrived. The ambulance wasn’t in a hurry to leave, so I assume the victim died. Gun violence is an epidemic, but the pattern of the location can’t be ignored. Liquor Control needs to investigate the Baltic Room.

Concerned
Concerned
4 years ago
Reply to  Concerned
Chris
Chris
4 years ago

I have lived right next to this place for a year and there have been four shootings involving the clientele at Baltic Room. It’s so problematic. Please shut that place down.

Shut It Down
Shut It Down
4 years ago

Much like Ruckus, the Baltic Room is a nuisance business that should be closed down.

That’s why nuisance business laws exist. Time to act!

sasha
sasha
4 years ago
Reply to  Shut It Down

Ok Ian

Shut It Down
Shut It Down
4 years ago
Reply to  sasha

Yep, still a neighbor with young kids who is tired of the armed robberies.

But I’m sure the threatening sign they put up will do the trick! That’s family friendly and neighborhood appropriate.

Love it when the gun violence defenders come out of the woodwork! I see you Zach and Sasha! You don’t care and you think the neighborhood deserves this. Super! Makes me feel all neighborly!

Jim98122x
Jim98122x
4 years ago
Reply to  sasha

Don’t you want to add, “OK Boomer”?
That usually elevates the discussion.

definitelynotanuncle
definitelynotanuncle
4 years ago
Reply to  Shut It Down

“much like my main competitor who has cheaper and better products than i do”

WOW the transparency

Shut It Down
Shut It Down
4 years ago

Keep dreaming Ruckus fans. Just like the Baltic Room, Ruckus has been the site of multiple shootings this year. Both should be closed under the nuisance business ordinance.

Guess what, neighbors get pissed off when businesses become the site of repeated serious crimes. Who’s fault is that? Is it my fault for being scared and angry? No! It’s their fault for being negligent and irresponsible. So, if you want Ruckus to stick around address your complaints to them, and not to me.

you're not slick
you're not slick
4 years ago
Reply to  Shut It Down

So let’s shut down Ike’s then! Wouldn’t that help out, Ian?

C Doom
C Doom
4 years ago

In England, they hold the musicians or DJ’s accountable for inciting trouble, up to and including jail sentences. America’s pretty lax by comparison.

Mark
Mark
4 years ago

They need to ban hip hop nights in the city. Before Baltic Room the old War Room was the culprit for bringing the wrong crowd to the hill.

Lepaul
Lepaul
4 years ago
Reply to  Mark

What crowd is that?

WTF
WTF
4 years ago

Shut down the Baltic room already

you're not slick
you're not slick
4 years ago

Shut down Uncle Ike’s!

Steve
Steve
4 years ago

10-4 Dinosaur

Richard
Richard
4 years ago

Typing “Shut it down!” in the comments section of a neighborhood blog isn’t going to make a bit of difference. If you want the place shut down you need to actually make the effort to contact appropriate city officials, probably multiple times.

RWK
RWK
4 years ago
Reply to  Richard

Point taken. But I would like to think that city officials, including the SPD, actually monitor neighborhood blogs….because it would be a good way to stay aware of what issues are important to Seattle citizens.