Graeme Dobbeck, 36, Remembered as a Kind and Generous Seattle Gas Station Manager After Fatal October 13 Shooting
Graeme Dobbeck, 36, died while managing a 76 gas station near Seattle Center early Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
Seattle Fire Department medics responded to Denny Way and Broad Street at approximately 5:52 a.m. and pronounced Dobbeck dead at the scene.
Surveillance footage showed a man enter the store, purchase a drink, move behind the counter, and shoot Dobbeck before leaving without taking anything.
Investigators found no apparent signs of a struggle or robbery and had not determined whether the incident was targeted or random.
No one had been taken into custody by the time of the October 16, 2026 report.
Dobbeck had managed the station for more than two years and often worked every day.
Family members remembered Dobbeck as kind, funny, and generous, noting that the devoted manager sometimes brought lunch to colleagues who could not leave the station.
Seattle police requested information or video recorded near Denny Way and Broad Street between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. Tuesday through the SPD tip line at 206-233-5000.
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