On May 6th at approximately 5:10 p.m. officers responded to a 911 report of shots fired. Officers responded to the area and located a male on the ground near the corner of North 113th Street and Meridian Avenue North. The victim told officers that he had been shot in the left arm by a male suspect who claimed that the victim owed him money. After shooting the victim, the suspect ran off in an unknown location.
Seattle Fire responded and treated the 24-year-old male victim at the scene. He was later transported to Harborview Medical Center with serious injuries.
While interviewing the victim, officers recovered a small baggy of drugs from his person. At this time, it is unknown what precipitated the shooting.