Clerk shot, killed inside gas station near Seattle Center

A Belltown gas station clerk is dead after early morning shooting, point blank, behind the register. Fox 13's Dan Griffin is in Belltown where Seattle Police Homicide Detectives are reviewing video as they try to find a suspect and a motive. As tourists and neighbors walk by, crime tape wraps around this 76 gas station sitting in the shadow of the Space Needle. It's shocking to see this kind of activity being allowed right next to what's called the Pride Center of Seattle. A killing before sunrise, neighbors like Santosh Yelavarthi are reacting to the death of a clerk who was gunned down at the 76 near the Space Needle around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning. A customer found the worker in his 30s after it happened and called 911. So I'm hoping these are one-offs, but I don't know. Outside by the pumps, crime tape. Inside, police dissecting surveillance video. They did see a male that was heavyset and all black, came into the store, purchased the item, then went behind the counter and fired on the clerk and then left. Detectives say an open door in the glass safety barrier let the shooter inside. We don't know if this was random or targeted. For neighbors, there's growing unease after the bite of Seattle shooting. Nearby street racing with shots fired and now this. I'm sorry for the clerk. He didn't deserve any of it, but yeah, I got nothing. I'm not sorry. That's just a sad situation. Now again, police described the suspect as a heavyset man wearing all black. If you have any information, you're asked to call SPD's Violent Crimes Tip Line. That's at 206-233-5000. Reporting in Belltown, Dan Griffin, Fox 13 News.