A shooting near downtown Seattle early May 17 left three people dead and a man in critical condition, police said. Shortly after 1 a.m., police officers responded to a shooting in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Police found four unresponsive adults with gunshot wounds, according to Seattle Police Department'sonline blotter. Fire department medics pronounced two men and a woman dead at the scene. First-responders transported the fourth victim, a man, in critical condition to Harborview Medical Center, where he remains in intensive care. The cause of the shooting is under investigation, Police Det. Brian Pritchard said in an email. No arrests have been made. The Seattle Times reportedthe area has had several shootings. "This gun violence is rampant," Seattle Councilmember Rob Saka, who represents the area,said on X. "We cannot normalize these occurrences − ever." On Jan. 25, the city's first homicide of the year, a 40-year-old man fatally shot, was near the scene of the May 17 shooting. More recently,two men were shot May 10after a fight outside of a nightclub in the area, less than a week aftertwo men were stabbedat a nearby nightclub. Seattle's last homicide was April 2, Pritchard said. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Seattle shooting leaves 3 dead, 1 critically injured
