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3 dead, 6 wounded in shooting at a hookah lounge in south Seattle; no word on suspects

FILE - Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell speaks before Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act at McKinstry, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle. After a shooting at hookah lounge in south Seattle left three people dead and six wounded, Harrell said in a statement that 'there are still more illegal guns in the wrong hands that could be used to incite another tragedy like this one.' (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) FILE - Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell speaks before Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act at McKinstry, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle. After a shooting at hookah lounge in south Seattle left three people dead and six wounded, Harrell said in a statement that 'there are still more illegal guns in the wrong hands that could be used to incite another tragedy like this one.' (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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SEATTLE -

Three people are dead and six others wounded after a shooting Sunday at a hookah lounge in south Seattle, authorities said.

City police didn't immediately release any information about a possible suspect or suspects in the Sunday's early morning shooting in the Mount Baker neighbourhood.

Officers responded to the scene around 4:30 a.m. Sunday after receiving multiple 911 calls, police said.

A 22-year-old man and a 33-year-old man died at the scene, and a 30-year-old woman died at Harborview Medical Center, officials said. The names of the victims weren't immediately released.

Of the six people wounded, a 23-year-old man was in critical condition and the other five were in satisfactory condition, police said. They ranged in age from 21 to 38, officials said.

Police are still investigating what led to the shooting. Five guns were recovered at the scene, police said.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said in a statement that even as Seattle police "keeps up a rapid and record pace of recovering guns -- 869 through July -- there are still more illegal guns in the wrong hands that could be used to incite another tragedy like this one."

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