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Seattle shooting victim identified as Korean American

June 9, 2014
Paul Lee

Paul Lee

The victim killed in a fatal shooting at Seattle Pacific University (SPU) was a Korean-American student. 

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray confirmed in a news conference that the victim was Paul Lee, a 19-year-old SPU freshman from Portland, Oregon.

Lee, who graduated from Westview High School in Portland last year, was pronounced dead at Harborview Medical Center after a gunman opened fired on the Seattle college campus on Thursday. Three others were injured.

Mayor Murray said Friday that Lee’s parents were on their way to Seattle from Korea.

Lee was remembered by his friends as an easygoing friend who loved to dance.

Students view a growing memorial at Seattle Pacific University near Otto Miller Hall Friday, June 6, 2014 in Seattle, where a fatal shooting took place Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Students view a growing memorial at Seattle Pacific University near Otto Miller Hall Friday, June 6, 2014 in Seattle, where a fatal shooting took place Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)