Posted on 11/22/2008 5:08:40 PM PST by microgood
TUKWILA - At least two people were hit by gunfire in a shooting Saturday afternoon inside Southcenter Mall as it was filled with pre-Thanksgiving shoppers, witnesses said.
An off-duty sergeant with the Washington State Patrol at the scene said one victim underwent CPR after being hit. Two victims later were rushed by ambulance to the hospital.
Two other people were put in handcuffs by officers at the scene, the trooper said.
Other witnesses told KOMO News they heard at least three shots fired just after 3:30 p.m. in front of the Forever 21 store near the mall's food court.
The gunfire sparked immediate panic, and people started running for the exits.
Police raced to the scene in their patrol cars, lights flashing.
Shoppers are being evacuated from the mall, and officers are trying to determine exactly what happened and whether a shooter remains at large.
More updates will be posted as information becomes available.
ON THE INTERNET:
http://www.krem.com
http://www.krem.com/sharedcontent/livevideo/?nvid=57411&live=yes
(RE: This shooting incident in Seattle)
i wonder if it is/was a gun-free zone?
ON THE INTERNET:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/index.html
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/389051_mallshooting23.html
Last updated November 22, 2008 4:19 p.m. PT
“Shooting reported at Southcenter Mall”
P-I STAFF
SNIPPET: “An off-duty law enforcement officer told KOMO/4 news that at least one person may have been shot inside the mall and that authorities were detaining at least two people.”
a lot of malls have become notorious gang hangouts.
I haven't been in a mall that wasn't. Psssssst......I carried anyway.
Be on the look out for the gun grabbers, they see this as an “opportunity” not a tragedy.
If there is another school shooting when Obama is Prez. you will see how tyrannical the left is.
An update. Two male victims, one male suspect. Suspect still at large.
BLOG:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/22/193647/36/891/665254
“Just left Southcenter Mall Shooting”
by exiledfromTN
Sat Nov 22, 2008 at 04:45:23 PM PST
Afro-American suspect, late teens, about 145 lbs, 5’6”, short hair, no facial hair, wearing a black jumpsuit of sorts.
Nothing to see here.
Run of the mill gang banger.
ADDING 1 LINK:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008424364_webmallshooting.html
Originally published November 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified November 22, 2008 at 5:25 PM
“2 shot at Southcenter Mall; suspect at large”
By Seattle Times staff
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The suspect is described as a black male in his late teens or early 20s, of average build, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and 145 pounds. He was believed to be wearing a black jumpsuit with red piping.”
Perhaps Pres. Obama will fix this sort of thing, eh.
Likely answers to the name Shorty or Peanut...
“a lot of malls have become notorious gang hangouts.”
Southcenter and the Tacoma Mall are well known for gamgs and gang wanna-be’s. When I go to either, I pack.
 Cars stream out of Southcenter Mall's parking lot as police patrol car lights flash. |
TUKWILA - At least two people were hit by gunfire in a shooting Saturday afternoon inside Southcenter Mall as it was filled with pre-Thanksgiving shoppers, witnesses said.
The gunman remains at large and police are searching for him, police said.
The mall, located off Southcenter Parkway, is being locked down, officials said. It will remain closed for the rest of the night
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There were reports that a fistfight preceded the shooting
2 shot inside Southcenter Mall; gunman at large KOMO News - Seattle, Washington News
"Never waste a perfectly good crisis."
No. In fact in 2005 a Mall shooter at the Tacoma Mall was confronted by a good citizen who was legally carrying. Sadly he did not get a shot off, before this hero was hit twice.
http://www.komonews.com/news/archive/4169986.html
Tacoma Mall Shooting Victim May Never Walk Again
TACOMA - Parents of the man most seriously wounded in a shooting rampage at a shopping mall said Tuesday that he drew a pistol and confronted the gunman before being shot.
Brendan “Dan” McKown, 38, was hit twice in the abdomen on Sunday, when a gunman opened fire on crowds in the Tacoma Mall.
Doctors at Tacoma General Hospital believe McKown may have suffered permanent paralysis because of spinal damage, hospital spokesman Todd Kelley said.
Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said detectives don't know if McKown simply brandished his handgun to show the gunman he was armed, or if he was preparing to fire the weapon. Witnesses told the family McKown was shot after he pulled the gun.
Roger McKown, 63, of Yelm, called his son a hero and said he has been licensed to carry a firearm for years.
“Dan has been one that always believes in protecting other people, and he put his life on the line for other people,” he said at a hospital news conference.
The younger McKown has undergone two surgeries and remains on a respirator, the hospital said. He also suffered a superficial gunshot wound to the right elbow.
Dominick Sergio Maldonado, 20, of Tacoma, pleaded not guilty on Monday to assault, kidnapping and firearms charges for Sunday's shooting. He was held by Pierce County authorities on $2 million bail.
Authorities said Maldonado marched down a mall corridor, firing from an assault rifle and semiautomatic machine pistol before ducking into a store and taking several hostages.
Police said they received a call from Maldonado's cell phone seconds earlier. The caller told a dispatcher that he planned to start shooting, and said to find him, police should “just follow the screams.”
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Tukwila Police say two young men in their late teens to early 20s were shot. They were rushed to Harborview Medical Center with serious injuries.
"They were both inside the mall on the first level in the new section of the mall," said Mike Murphy, Tukwila Police spokesperson.
"He had a black pistol with him," Murphy said. "He shot several rounds, we haven't got a round count yet, but he did hit two people."
"Nobody else has been injured as a result of this," Murphy said.
"We were just eating our lunch and all the sudden gunshots started going off," witness Kayla Shaw told KING 5. "It was like a stampede of people … there were actually people jumping off the balcony where the food court is at. It was crazy."
"We heard two shots," shopper Cindy Stephenson said. "There was pandemonium … All the parents were screaming trying to get their kids.
Traffic is backed up in the area.
More details to come.
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