SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- A man was fatally shot in Seattle, U.S. state of Washington, on Monday morning, local police said.
Officers responded around 4:30 a.m. local time to reports of gunshots in the city's Belltown neighborhood and found the man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, the Seattle Police Department said.
The 37-year-old man was taken to hospital, and later died of his injuries.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting are currently unknown, but police said the incident is being investigated as a homicide. ■