A burst of gunfire tore through the quiet of a Saturday morning in Northgate, with witnesses reporting anywhere from 30 to 50 shots fired near North 107th Street and Stone Avenue North. One person was grazed by a bullet, and Seattle police are now trying to piece together what happened in a neighborhood that has seen more than its share of gun violence in recent months.
The shooting was reported around 8 a.m. Saturday, according to KING 5, which reported that Seattle police confirmed one person had been grazed by a bullet. Witnesses told the station they heard between 30 and 50 gunshots, a staggering volume for a residential stretch of North Seattle on a weekend morning.
Conflicting information has emerged about whether anyone was taken into custody in connection with the shooting. KING 5 reported that a suspect was in custody as of 8:30 a.m. Saturday, while a separate report from KIRO 7 News Seattle stated that no suspects were in custody at the time. Neither outlet has resolved the discrepancy, and the station's report notes that no additional information was immediately available as the investigation continued.
A Neighborhood on Edge
Saturday's shooting is the latest in a string of gun violence incidents that have rattled the Northgate area in recent months. Just two days earlier, on October 22, Seattle police investigated a shooting along Aurora Avenue North after officers located nearly 120 shell casings in a parking lot, according to KOMO News. Suspects had already fled that scene by the time officers arrived, and no shooting victims were found, though the casings recovered came from both handguns and rifles and nearby businesses sustained damage from the gunfire.
In January, a shooting near the Northgate neighborhood left a 20-year-old man in critical condition. KOMO News reported that officers were dispatched at 12:45 a.m. to reports of gunfire in the 1000 block of North 98th Street near Burgermaster, and police determined that multiple suspects shot the victim while he was sitting in his car near North 98th Street and Aurora Avenue North.
A Deadly Precedent Near Northgate Station
The violence has also proven fatal in the area before. A July 2025 shooting near Northgate Station critically wounded a 48-year-old man who died from his injuries the next day, per the same KOMO News account. Investigators said two men approached the victim from behind, one of the suspects shot him in the back of the head, and both fled the scene.
That shooting came even as staffing dedicated to the Northgate Station area had been increasing. Uniformed and plainclothes police staffing there had climbed 54% year over year to 68 dedicated officers, representing 75% of the department's target, the outlet reported at the time. Whether that staffing extends to the stretch near North 107th Street and Stone Avenue North, roughly a mile from the transit station, was not addressed in available reporting.
As of Saturday, Seattle police have not released the identity of the person grazed by the bullet, details about a possible motive, or a definitive account of the shooter's custody status. The investigation remains active, and no further information had been made public.
