Officers responded to a report of a shooting in front of a business shortly after 4 a.m. on Friday, the Seattle Police Department said in an online post.
Police found a man dead with a gunshot wound, reports Xinhua news agency citing the Department as saying.
The case is being investigated as a homicide, it added.
The suspect left before officers arrived, witnesses told police.
The shooting marks the 29th homicide investigated by Seattle police so far this year, according to a report by the Seattle Times.
The Seattle Police Department investigated 55 killings in 2022, up from 41 in the previous year, the report said.
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