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Strange Shooting In Downtown Seattle

By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee February 25, 2010

Seattle police are investigating a bizarre shooting after a man was wounded by gunfire in Downtown Seattle last Thursday.


At about 10:00 a.m. on February 18th, a man walked into Northwest Hospital on 115th and Ashworth Ave N bleeding from a bullet wound to his leg. A police report indicates the man was just grazed by the bullet, and that his injury was a "flesh wound."


The man told police he had been walking around downtown at about 1:00 a.m. that morning when he heard three gunshots and "felt pain in his leg." The man told police he had been drinking and did not know where exactly he was downtown when he was shot.


According to the report, after hearing the gunfire, the man "looked up and saw a white male in a dress with his back to him and his hand down by his side. He did not see a weapon."


The victim told officers he walked away from the scene, but was unsure of how he got home. 


Seven hours later, the man took the bus to the North Seattle hospital.


The police report indicates police received reports of gunfire near 3rd and Cedar St, between the Seattle Center and Belltown, between 11:15 and 1:15 the morning of the shooting. It's unclear whether the incidents are related.

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