Shoreline man shot in leg refuses to cooperate with police

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Around 11:45am Wednesday Shoreline Fire and Police responded to a report of a gunshot wound at the 19500 block of 5th NE.

The victim was taken by medic unit to Harborview Medical Center with non life threatening injuries to his leg within minutes of Medics arriving on scene.

Police blocked the road during the incident and a helicopter circled overhead.

A spokesperson for the King County Sheriff's Office said the victim was uncooperative but probably knew the person who shot him.

“We got a call on a shooting. When we arrived, the victim didn’t want anything to do with us,” he said.

The victim was not identified.

KCSO spokesperson Jason Houck said a detective has followed him to Harborview.