Seattle police were investigating a shooting that left two adults seriously injured in the Hawthorne Hills neighborhood on June 16, 2026, with detectives working to establish the circumstances of the incident and identify those responsible.
Officers responded to a report of gunfire and located the two victims at the scene. Both were transported to a regional trauma center, where their conditions were described as serious but initially not immediately life-threatening. No arrests had been made at the time of the initial police statement released to the public.
Detectives were canvassing Hawthorne Hills for witnesses and reviewing available surveillance footage from nearby residences and businesses. Police did not publicly identify a confirmed motive in their early communications and asked anyone with relevant information to contact the department’s violent crimes unit.
Hawthorne Hills, a residential neighborhood in northeast Seattle, had not previously featured prominently in the city’s recent gun violence reports. Authorities said the investigation remained active and expected to provide an updated statement within the following day as physical evidence was processed.
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