Victim identified in fatal New Years Eve shooting in Capitol Hill

A man shot dead in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood early on New Year’s Eve has been identified.

Jonathan A. Adamow, 29, of Seattle, died from a gunshot wound to the chest. His death was ruled a homicide, according to the King County Medical Examiner.

Seattle Police Department officers shut down the corner of East Pike and Broadway Street while they investigated.

Seattle police say this is the 58th homicide of 2024.

Officers first responded to reports of gunshots just before 3 a.m. — when they got to the scene, they found Adamow with several gunshot wounds to his torso. At least ten or more shell casings were found.

Police tried to give the victim medical aid, but he died at the scene.

A man who has lived in the area for nine years told KIRO 7 his neighborhood is becoming more dangerous.

“People ought to feel safety... I ought to be able to walk my wife to work without all this,” he said.

He was emotional as the coroner’s office took the body away.

“That’s somebody’s baby, makes me wanna cry to be honest, he’s lying over there on the ground... how do you see something like that, not feel something, not want to make a change,” he said. “They say a picture is worth a thousand words, that’s more that’s a million words. That’s crazy. In the middle of the street in front of a grocery store?”

No arrests have been made, but police say there is no reason to be concerned.

“There’s no info this was anything beyond an isolated incident, so this is a dangerous person that needs to be apprehended, clearly, but no info there is any more danger to the public,” said SPD.

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