Man Killed In Sodo Shooting Identified

SEATTLE, WA - A 34-year-old man died early Saturday morning after he was shot outside the Showbox Sodo venue along 1st Avenue South. A 32-year-old man was also shot, but his injuries were described as non-life threatening.

Police were already on patrol along the 1700 block of 1st Avenue South around 12:30 a.m. Saturday when shots rang out near a large crowd of people. Police believe that the shooting arose out of a dispute between several people.

The victim, Clemente Morales III, died at Harborview Medical Center. The other victim was released from a hospital after he was interviewed by detectives.

Morales was arrested in March in Redmond for assault after he allegedly shot someone outside a Yakima bowling alley. After his arrest, the U.S. Marshals service reported that Morale was a member of the Sureñosgang.

Police do not have any suspects in the shooting, but are asking anyone who might know anything to contact the homicide tip line at (206)233-5000.

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