Chaos erupted in Capitol Hill on Saturday night when a woman was left wounded after a gunshot was fired in a crowded parking lot, the Seattle Police Department reports. Officers patrolling the area were the first to react, responding to a flurry of gunfire around 12:30 a.m. in the 1400 block of Broadway, according to the Seattle Police Department.

As law enforcement approached the cacophony of chaos they witnessed several vehicles making hasty and unruly exits from the scene where residents had also reported a harrowing mixture of gunshots and screams, investigations are ongoing but details remain scarce as the night's dark shroud conceals the full truth of the violent encounter. A search of the area turned up a grim tableau of bloodstains, broken glass, and the detritus of violence: casings and shards scattered without order.

While the scene unfolded in the scattered light of street lamps and sirens, a separate act of urgency was taking place; a woman, pierced by the night's brutal offering, was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in the anxious arms of private haste. She is reported to be in stable condition, a solitary figure of survival amid the questions still swirling like so many leaves caught in a storm.

Authorities are holding their cards close as the investigation unfolds, Spearheaded by the Gun Violence Reduction Unit, detectives are piecing together what happened, starting with the scant clues left behind in the Broadway lot and leading perhaps to the corridors of Harborview where the injured woman lays in the quiet company of her resilience. No arrests have been made and the puzzle of motive remains incomplete, as fragments of the evening's terror are slowly collected.