A man was shot Friday night underneath the freeway near South Atlantic Street and Airport Way South, in an area commonly referred to as “the jungle.”
West Precinct officers responding to a report of as many as five shots fired near South Royal Brougham Way and Airport Way South around 11:35 pm found a man in his 50s with a gunshot wound to the chest. He died later in surgery at Harborview.
According to SPD:
The suspects, two or three males, ran southbound underneath the freeway. Officers set up containment, the King County Sheriff’s helicopter, Guardian One, was called in, and K9 tracked for while, but officers did not locate the suspects. Detectives from Homicide and CSI responded to process the scene. The Homicide Unit will be responsible for the follow up investigation.
Preliminary information at the scene indicates that the shooting might have stemmed from an argument between the victim and another individual who camps in the same area.
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