SEATTLE — Seattle police are investigating after a man was shot and killed inside a home in the Riverview neighborhood of West Seattle early Thursday morning.
According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), officers responded to the 5200 block of 17th Avenue Southwest just before 12:30 a.m. for reports of shots being heard.
When officers arrived, they found a man inside a home who had been shot. Medics with the Seattle police and fire departments attempted lifesaving measures on the man, but he was declared dead at the scene.
Homicide detectives and members of the SPD’s Crime Scene Investigation Unit responded to the scene. The SPD said homicide detectives are leading the investigation.
A neighbor told KING 5 the home is used as an Airbnb. The neighbor said he and his wife “heard four or five bangs” around 12:20 a.m. and saw a truck pulling out of the home a few minutes later.
Aniket Dahotre lives nearby and said what happened is still sinking in.
"I still cannot believe it. it just doesn't seem real,” said Dahotre.
Neighbor Edie Harris also heard the gunshots around midnight.
“The shots woke me up. They were very loud,” said Harris.
"I heard what sounded like somebody screaming for help,” said neighbor Tushar Patel.
No other information has been provided at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to call the SPD’s Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.
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