Man wounded in Seattle expected to survive

Published 10:10 am Tuesday, January 5, 2010

SEATTLE — Seattle police say a 60-year-old man wounded in a shooting in the Capitol Hill neighborhood is expected to survive.

Officers responding to a report of shots fired after 3 a.m. today found the victim who was hit in the back and the legs. Fire Department medics took him to Harborview Medical Center where doctors determined the wounds are not life-threatening.

The man was able to describe the shooter as a man in his teens or early 20s. Police searched the neighborhood but were unable to find the suspect.