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One Person Arrested Following Beacon Hill Homicide

Update 6/1/19:

The 21-year-old victim has since died of her injuries. The Seattle Police Homicide unit has taken over the investigation and booked the 38-year-old suspect into King County Jail for investigation of homicide.

Original 5/31/19:

Detectives are investigating after a woman was shot Friday evening in the Beacon Hill Neighborhood.

Officers were dispatched to the 5400 block of Beacon Avenue South just before 7:30 p.m. for a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a woman in her 20s with a gunshot wound and suffering life-threatening injuries. Seattle Fire Department Medics took the woman to Harborview Medical Center where she is currently being treated for her injuries.

Officers arrested a man in his 30s at the scene in connection with the shooting. Detectives are now trying to determine what led up to the shooting.

This remains an active scene and details may change.