Members of the Seattle Police Department's gang unit are investigating the double shooting, but the victims didn't tell detectives much, said police spokesman Sean Whitcomb.

Just before 10:30 p.m. Friday, a 16-year-old boy managed to walk to the Garfield Teen Center, located next to Garfield High, and told an off-duty officer who was working security there that he'd been shot, according to the police report.

The teen, who had been shot in the lower back and left shoulder, initially told officers he was alone but then a police dispatcher radioed, saying a second gunshot victim had walked to a house in the 300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way, about three blocks away.

The 16-year-old "then stated he was with a friend and he did not know if [the friend] was OK," according to the report.

The second victim, a 19-year-old man, was shot in the upper abdomen and had gone to a relative's house for help, Whitcomb said. Both victims were taken to Harborview Medical Center but because of patient privacy laws, it was unclear Monday whether they were still being treated for their injuries.

"We have no idea where the shooting took place," Whitcomb said. "We couldn't find the actual crime scene," a police dog couldn't find a scent to track, officers didn't find any bullet casings or other physical evidence and there were no witnesses. Police also don't know if the shooting was a drive-by or if the shooter was on foot, Whitcomb said.

As a precaution, police had extra patrols around Garfield, Franklin and Rainier Beach high schools Friday after a shooting April 1 that seriously injured a 13-year-old middle-school boy. The boy was shot in the head and chest by a 19-year-old suspect who apparently fired a gun from the backseat of a sport-utility vehicle.

Police arrested David Lavon Melton and prosecutors last week charged him with first-degree assault, three counts of second-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting at Rainier Avenue South and South Henderson Street.

But Melton was released from jail April 3 after paperwork was improperly filed with the prosecutor's office, a prosecutor's spokesman said. Since then, a $500,000 warrant has been issued for his arrest.

"It's way too early to tell" if the two shootings, a week apart, are related, Whitcomb said. "But certainly we wouldn't rule it out as a possibility."

Seattle Times reporter Emily Heffter contributed to this report.

Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or sgreen@seattletimes.com

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