Detectives Investigating Robbery, Shooting Over $20 Necklace – SPD Blotter

Seattle police detectives are investigating a theft and capturing of a 23-year-old man over a $20 necklace in Pioneer Sq. this morning.

At about 12:40 a.m., patrol officers responded to a capturing within the 500 block of 2nd Avenue. There, they discovered a sufferer, bleeding, with a gunshot wound to his proper thigh. Police and the Seattle Fireplace Division handled his damage. Medics took him to Harborview Medical Heart (HMC) in secure situation.

Police decided that the sufferer simply left a bar, moving into the passenger seat of his pal’s automobile, when the suspect, sporting a ski masks and armed with a firearm, approached him and demanded his necklace. They struggled over the merchandise, and the suspect shot the sufferer within the leg. The shooter fled in a automobile with the necklace earlier than police arrived. The worth of the “chain” is about $20.

Detectives within the Theft Unit responded to the scene and HMC. Anybody with info is requested to name the SPD Violent Crimes Tip line at 206-233-5000. Nameless suggestions are accepted.

Incident Quantity: 2026-57536