A pregnant woman and her unborn child have died after being shot late Tuesday morning in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.
SPD tweeted about the gunfire at Fourth Avenue and Lenora Street at 11:16 a.m. Tuesday.
Two people inside a car — a 37-year-old man and a 34-year-old pregnant woman — were shot. The man is stable but the woman was transported to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Just before 4:45 p.m., Seattle Police reported that the woman and her child had died at the hospital “despite all lifesaving efforts by medical professionals.”
Photos from the scene show a white Tesla with its front doors open in front of a CVS pharmacy. That car is the center of the investigation.
People talked to who saw the afternoon shooting said they heard about five shots at around 11 a.m.
A suspect was found nearby and arrested. A gun was also recovered.
Police would not say whether the shooting was targeted.
Lenora Street is blocked from Fifth Avenue to Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue is blocked from Blanchard Street to Virginia Street.
People are asked to avoid the area.