Two shootings, less than an hour and about a block apart, were being investigated by Seattle Police Department's Gang Unit on Saturday. Police responded just before midnight Friday to reports of shots near Third Avenue and Yesler Way in Pioneer Square. When they arrived, they found shell casings nearby and an 18-year-old man at Third...
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