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Shooting at Union and Boylston

jseattle<noreply@www.capitolhillseattle.com> — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:17:33 GMT+00:00

Capitol Hill Seattle has been alerted to an apparent shooting near the intersection of Union and Boylston on First Hill. At 5:55 PM, emergency units were dispatched to 702 E Union St. for an assault with weapons response.

We received the following e-mail from an eyewitness:

Shooting on Union between Boylston and Harvard. One guy shot, was conscious and speaking when police arrived.

More as we get it.

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6:48PM - Shooting reported at Union and Boylston - A stretch of Union is cordoned off tonight as police investigate an
apparent shooting in a parking lot next to an apartment building at the corner of Union and
Boylston.

7:12PM - Wrist Watch - A man at the scene who said he was the person to call 911 said the victim told him the shooter wanted his wrist watch. The man told CHS the victim was shot in the upper chest. The victim told the man that the shooter was a white male driving a black Mercedes Benz.

7:14PM - Drive by - Another witness at the scene said an officer told her the incident was a 'drive by' shooting and that police were looking for a Mercedes Benz that may be involved.

7:15PM - Car struck - A woman trying to return to her car after work was stuck behind the line of police tape. An officer told her car parked in the pay lot next to the apartments was hit by the gunfire. She was stuck at the scene as her car was processed for evidence.

7:17PM - Victim's condition - SeattleCrime.com has information on the victim's condition:
The man was alert and conscious when officers and medics arrived, but he is being taken to Harborview to be treated for what looks like a fairly serious gunshot wound. According to Seattle Police Department spokesman Jeff Kappel, the victim has life-threatening injuries.

7:45PM - Suspect at large - Meanwhile, the shooter in this crime remains at large. Police confirmed that the suspect fled in an automobile and say the are looking for a 'dark sedan.' We'll follow up with any updates on the manhunt and the victim's condition.

8:14PM - Bullet holes - KIRO is reporting that the suspect's car has '3 to 4 bullet holes' in its door:
Police are looking for the shooter and a vehicle that may be connected to the shooting: a black, four-door, 2000 Mercedes with dark tinted windows and shiny rims. The vehicle has 3 to 4 bullet holes on the driver-side door.

Was the victim armed?

8:29PM - First aid - Matt Irvin, the man who said he was the person to call 911, also said he helped administer aid to the victim and tried to slow his bleeding as they waited for emergency crews to arrive. Irvin told CHS that he had heard shootings near his home before he lived in Seattle so knew somebody needed help. He said he and other people in the area did what they could to slow the bleeding and provided the victim with a pillow.

9:48PM - Shooting at Union and Boylston - Reviewing the police radio recording from the incident confirms the previously reported details and adds a few. A dispatcher said a caller heard six shots and reported that a male is screaming in the street at 5:55 PM. Moments later, a dispatcher says there is a male on the line saying he has been shot in chest. The victim reports that the shooter fled in a black Mercedes 4-door that left southbound through an alley. Additional information from the scene is that the vehicle is a 2000 Mercedes with tinted windows that was seen traveling west on Spring, possibly toward the freeway. An officer radios in that another witness said that the car had three to four bullet holes in its driver's-side door.

9:55PM - Shooting at Union and Boylston - More from the scanner archive. The suspect was reported as a white male wearing a red shirt.

An officer makes a request at one point for the victim's multiple cell phones to be collected for evidence at Harborview. She says the victim said he was shot with a .22 caliber gun.

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