SPD now says the 25-year-old man injured by gunfire in Seward Park this afternoon...shot himself:

On March 8th at 12:52 p.m. a male subject was sitting in his car in the south parking lot in the 5800 block of Lake Washington Boulevard South.   The subject flagged down a passerby and said that he had been shot in the leg and asked the passerby to call for help.

Officers and SFD responded to the scene.  The subject was treated at the scene and transported to Harborview Medical Center for treatment of his non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

After examining the scene officers suspected that the subject accidently shot himself.

The subject’s story was that a black male shot him after an argument.  A pistol was recovered by the canine in the bushes near the victim’s car.  Later at HMC, the victim admitted to shooting himself. 

He told Detectives that he made up the story to avoid being arrested for Felon in possession.