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.
Ha! KING-5 just interviewing a "witness" who didn't really witness much of anything. They asked him where he was located, and he said "Jiffy Lube! I'm working on a car!"
CNN is reporting there is a swat team sent out to search the area
You can always count on Jim Foreskin...I mean Foreman to be johnny on (groan)
original poster put it in chat.
Nope. I'm just getting sound and a screwed-up picture from KING-5.
All kinds of SWAT teams...Seattle, King County and FBI.
Yet, King 5 says they know of no motive.
This reporting is painful. NWCN is just running the KING-5 feed. Of course, KING owns NWCN.
sigh. Our best bet for non-talking head, reporterette chatter is probably the radio.
This needs to be breaking news, not chat.
Can you move this to breaking news instead of having it in Chat..
Thanks
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Shootings in Belltown
Seattle Times staff
At least three people with gunshot wounds were taken to Harborview Medical Center late this afternoon after they were shot at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building in the 2000 block of Third Avenue in Belltown.
Seattle police have arrested one man who reportedly walked into the building with a handgun and began shooting.
The victims include two women, according Seattle Fire Department medics. Identities haven't been released but one woman is described as 43-years-old. She was shot in the abdomen. The age of the other shooting victim was not available, but police say she is 17-weeks pregnant. She was shot in the arm. Details about the third person shot were unavailable.
Several other people have been hospitalized for less serious injuries.
Police could be looking for another alleged suspect who may be on a nearby roof top. It's unclear whether any other arrests have been made.
Several witnesses said they saw a man walk up to the entrance of the building and shoot a woman in the leg. The man then walked into the building and made it up to the roof.
Witnesses said they heard one shot while the man was on the roof . The man then went back inside and witnesses said they heard several more shots.
Police have surrounded the building and police snipers are on top of nearby buildings.
Copyright © 2006 The Seattle Times Company
I'll wager $10.00 on the ROP.
No skin-head or ROP member. Leftist twerp in defense of his "Hizbollah" brothers.
Responders wearing plastic overall type gowns
Agree.
I'll put a $1 Exacta on a Seattle Central Community College student leftist.
UW leftists just complain and protest.
That's interesting -- could be just a precaution.
They need to get people out of the first perimeter, in case of a secondary device.
Seattle Fire told units to not congregate at the location, in case of secondary attacks in the city.
It could be a "John Walker Lindh" type of leftist.
thanks for the update.
pardon my ignorance. who is ROP? Palestinians?
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