Crime & Safety
Seattle Notches 3rd Murder Of 2018 After Nightclub Shooting
The shooting happened early Sunday morning along at the club Studio Seven in the Sodo neighborhood.
SEATTLE, WA - A 27-year-old man died early Sunday morning after a shooting inside a club in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood. According to 911 records, the shooting happened at Studio Seven, which was hosting a hip-hop show featuring Nef the Pharoah, OMB Peezy, and others.
The shooting happened around 1 a.m. along the 100 block of First Avenue, a part of Sodo full of bars and restaurants. The victim was taken to Harborview, but later died, Seattle police said.
This is the third murder in Seattle so far of 2018. On Jan. 15, Jennifer Ayers, 63, was raped in her Lake City home and then set on fire. Michael Giordano, 23, of Bellevue, was arrested shortly after Ayers' body was found. He is facing an aggravated first-degree murder charge.
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On Jan. 28, Nissan Latrice Pigford, 34, was stabbed to death during a confrontation with another woman in the Rainier Beach neighborhood.
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