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Detectives Investigating After Woman Shot In Leg

Detectives are investigating after a woman was shot in the leg near the intersection of 10 Ave. S. and S. Dearborn St.

Officers on patrol near 10 Ave. S. and S. Dearborn just after midnight Sunday heard gunshots nearby.  An officer searching the area, found a woman underneath the I-5 overpass at Dearborn St. who was shot through the calf.  The woman said that there may be two more victims in a nearby homeless encampment but didn’t provide a suspect description.  More than 20 officers scoured the nearby homeless camp and greenbelt, but didn’t locate any additional victims.

Seattle Fire department Medics took the victim to Harborview Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

If you have any information in this case please call detectives at (206)233-5000.