By Associated Press - Monday, May 25, 2020

SEATTLE (AP) - Detectives are investigating a double shooting that happened in a Safeway parking lot in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood and left two people dead.

KCPQ-TV reports a large group of people were gathered in the parking lot of the Safeway on Rainier Avenue South about 6:20 p.m. Saturday when a fight broke out, followed by shots fired, according to Seattle police.

The group fled in different directions, leaving two shooting victims behind, police said.

Seattle Fire took both victims to Harborview Medical Center, but they died before they got there.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Seattle Police Department’s Violent Crimes tip line at (206) 233-5000.

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