One shot after gang fight outside SoDo nightclub

confrontation between gang members at a SoDo nightclub turned violent early Sunday, with a man shot twice and a suspect on the loose.

Seattle Police spokesperson Renee Witt says that officers were called to the club on the 1900 block of 1st Avenue South just after midnight after the shooting was reported. They arrived to find a 21-year-old man outside the club with gunshot wounds to his left elbow and left knee, and a number of known gang members loitering outside the club.

Piecing together what happened from the few witnesses who would speak, investigators learned that the incident started when rival gang members confronted each other outside the club, which was hosting an under-21 event. Witt said as the arguments escalated, a fight broke out. One man started to run off away from the fight, going north on 1st, when another man pulled out a gun and started shooting at him.

The man was hit twice, but was able to run back to the front of the club, Witt said. Meanwhile, the shooter took off running east on Holgate. He was not caught.

The victim was taken to Harborview for treatment. His wounds are considered non-life threatening.

Witt said that Gang Unit Detectives were able to confirm from gang members at the scene that the incident simply occurred due to a “mutual dislike of each other.”