Gunfire exchanged between cars, residents in South Seattle damages 5 homes, 3 vehicles

The Seattle Times and KING5 (Tegna, Seattle) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedSeattle police are investigating a nighttime shooting in South Seattle that left over 40 shell casings and damaged homes and vehicles, but caused no injuries.

What changedThe left frames it as "Police investigate gunfire in South Seattle that damaged cars, homes". The center frames it as "Gunfire exchanged between cars, residents in South Seattle damages 5 homes, 3 vehicles".

ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.

Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Police investigate gunfire in South Seattle that damaged cars, homes". The center frames it as "Gunfire exchanged between cars, residents in South Seattle damages 5 homes, 3 vehicles".

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Sep 4, 12:03 AM: The Seattle Times joined the source map.

Sep 4, 12:50 AM: KING5 (Tegna, Seattle) joined the source map.

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KING5 (Tegna, Seattle)10m ago

Gunfire exchanged between cars, residents in South Seattle damages 5 homes, 3 vehicles

Seattle police are investigating a nighttime shooting in South Seattle that left over 40 shell casings and damaged homes and vehicles, but caused no injuries.

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The Seattle Times36m ago

Police investigate gunfire in South Seattle that damaged cars, homes

Detective Shane Weatherford said officers found no suspects, but located more than 40 spent shell casings littering the roadway and a small park nearby.

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