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Man hospitalized after early-morning shooting in Rainier Valley

A man in his 30s was seriously injured in a shooting at a parking lot on Rainier Avenue South early Monday. Seattle police say no suspect has been arrested.

Man hospitalized after early-morning shooting in Rainier Valley
A man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition after being shot in the abdomen early Monday in Seattle’s Rainier Valley, police said. Officers responded at about 2:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire near the 8100 block of Rainier Avenue South. They found the adult victim in a parking lot and provided first aid until Seattle Fire Department medics arrived. Paramedics treated the approximately 30-year-old man and transported him to the hospital. Detectives with the Seattle Police Department’s Gun Violence Reduction Unit investigated at the scene and at Harborview. Police had not announced an arrest, and further details were not immediately available.

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