Police called to a report of shots fired at a 14th and Yesler apartment building shot and wounded a man early Friday morning

According to Seattle Police and East Precinct radio updates, officers were called to the area around 4:30 AM to reports of gunfire in or near the building.

SPD says officers arrived as gunfire continued and found a man armed with a rifle:

One officer fired at the suspect, striking him. The suspect then entered an apartment unit and refused to come out. Officers talked with the suspect, and eventually convinced him to surrender. Police took him into custody and he was transported to Harborview Medical Center for treatment. Officers checked the apartment building and found no shooting victims, but did identify several apartment units with ballistic damage.

SPD said a Force Investigation Team will investigate the shooting and representatives of the Office of Police Accountability and the Office of Inspector General responded to the scene. Per policy, SPD must release video of the incident within 72 hours.

The area near Bailey Gatzert Elementary School was locked down for hours following the incident with reports of Yesler reopening to traffic around 8:30 AM.

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