Body Found on Chief Sealth International High School Campus

 From the West Seattle Blog on Saturday:

Police, including homicide detectives, are in Westwood near Chief Sealth International High School. We’re told a person was found dead – so far described by police only as male – apparently shot, as shell casings have been marked in the street (27th SW, which runs along the campus’s west edge). We’ve counted a dozen casing markers in the street.

We’ve been reminded that there was a report of possible gunfire in the area late last night – we heard the dispatch before 11 pm but did not hear anything further regarding whether evidence of gunfire was found at the time.  (See this comment posted last night on our story from the previous night about gunfire near Westwood Village, a short distance south of here.)

 SPD spokesperson Officer Shawn Weismiller spoke with us at the scene a short time ago. The victim, who he described as a Black man in his 20s, was found in the CSIHS southwest driveway this morning, according to both Officer Weismiller and recorded dispatch audio. Though it’s up to the Medical Examiner’s Office to confirm the cause of death, the discovery of shell casings and unspecified “other evidence” makes this “presumably” a shooting death, he said. 

The SPD Blotter post published about this a short time ago adds two more details – that the victim is believed to be in his early 20s, and that his body was found by a person walking their dog. The police tipline for any information: 206-233-5000.

According to their comments section, several readers heard the shots when they were fired.  As well:

One thing to note here, the casing markers were in 27th SW upslope from the driveway where police say the man was found, so that’s almost two separate scenes.

Perhaps the man was shot off campus but somehow made his way to the campus driveway where he died?

Another noted:

This is such terrible news, I am glad the students will be away for a week.