Posted on 07/28/2006 4:28:49 PM PDT by VNam68
Edited on 07/28/2006 4:36:15 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
At least two or three people shoot.
SEATTLE – At least two people have been shot at the Jewish Federation at 2031 Third Ave. in downtown Seattle. One or two people have been taken into custody but it's not known if they are suspects.
One person was reportedly shot in the abdomen and another in the arm. They are being taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Part of Third Avenue and Second Avenue have been closed to traffic. Police are urging people to stay away from the area. It's not known if more suspects are at large but policemen were seen handcuffing one person and others were searching the area.
At least three people were seen emerging from the building, escorted by police. It's not know if they were hostages.
Medics, escorted by police, have been taking other people from the building.
More to come.
got a hot date with my daughter 2 nite.Will check in from home in an hour.
GD the Shooter(s)
God save the victims.
If that is true, then it is terrorism.
One suspect arrested. No known accomplices, but they are searching the building just in case. Suspect called cops and said he had hostages. Cops talked him down.
Code Pink?
KING: Suspect called police, said he had hostages.
Fire department now rolling in and setting up in a "defensive posture," reporter says. Police tactical team setting up "some type of posture for some kind of work."
When an Egyptian upset about Israel shot up the El Al counter at LAX a few years ago.
Were I to suggest that a palestinian upset about Israel shooting a Presidental candidate was a terrorist most Americans, not necessarily Freepers, would think I was nuts.
Including the FBI
Single perp, it's a random event.
Well, what does he look like? (Wait, I cannot profile) What's his name? (Wait, I cannot profile) What college does he go to? (Not gonna help) Glad they talked him down.
My bet: loony leftist white Rachel Corrie lionizer.
There is NO Target store anywhere near Belltown...MILES away...I live a couple of blocks away and can see a lot of what's happening.
Yup. I wanted to keep an open mind, and not immediately assume it was anti-Semitic terror. Thanks to FR and Google, though, it only took a few minutes before that assumption became reasonable.
People being cleared from balconies in high-rises. Police on rooftops.
Not exactly Pulitzer material.
Jean Enersen: "Does the fire department response reflect the possibility of a WEAPON inside?"
(emphasis mine)
Thanks, Watch Commander.
How soon before CAIR issues a statement saying,
"It wasn't one of us"
"WE'RE AFRAIIIIIID OF BAAACKLAAAASH!"
Videotape of arrest makes him look like a white skinhead.
KING5 interviewing condo resident "held hostage" in building.
These people are amazing.
He could NOT have seen ANYTHING at Jiffy Lube....I saw more than that guy did. I saw the first cop car going the wrong way and then when I came to the block I saw a police kneeling next to his car, so I knew it was a shooting...I thought it was at the YWCA.
THANKS for that upate...
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/279302_shooting28ww.html?source=mypi
Friday, July 28, 2006 · Last updated 5:13 p.m. PT
"At least two shot at Seattle Jewish federation
One person in custody"
By PHUONG CAT LE AND BRAD WONG
P-I REPORTERs
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "At least three people were shot this afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle by a man a witness said was upset about "what was going on in Israel."
Police spokesman Rich Pruitt said there was one shooter, who was apprehended without incident outside the Jewish Federation Building located on the corner of Third Avenue and Virginia Street. Pruitt said there were at least two victims on the third floor of the building."
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