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.
And still "no motive established in this case".
Ha! Humored!
You're kidding me? When I first heard about this I checked all the cable news channels and not a one was saying a thing. Are they asleep at the wheel tonight? Has anyone put us on a heightened terror alert? I think we should be.
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God Bless you and yours. Were you in the same area during the WTO riots? Tear Gas is not exactly lemon-fresh!
Glad you're okay. I used to work on 1st and Lenora, about two blocks away.
Hate. Guess it's too simple for the "authorities" to figure out. Sigh.
It's interesting, and very frightening, that Zawahiri just instructed his "followers" to unleash hell, just the other day, and now this happens.
Lord have mercy. That is the most insane thing I have ever heard.
Liberalism trumps rationality every time...
On Captain's Quarters Blog:
July 28, 2006
Shooter In Seattle
A gunman killed at least one and injured five others in a Jewish center in Seattle today, and local reports say he did it for political purposes. Seattle's KING-5 television station reports that the man introduced himself as a Muslim before firing indiscriminately:
One person has been killed and at least five others have been injured in a shooting at the Jewish Federation at 2031 Third Ave. in downtown Seattle. One suspect has been taken into custody.
Police have taken one person into custody but there may be more suspects in or around the building.
Sources told KING 5 the suspect is a Pakistani man with a criminal background. He is from the Tri-Cities but his citizenship is unknown. Officials are on the way to the Tri-Cities to interview his family.
According to the Seattle Times, a man got through security at the Jewish Federation and told staff members, "I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel," then began shooting, according to Amy Wasser-Simpson, the vice president for planning and community services for the Jewish Federation.
This same center held a rally last weekend to support Israel in its war against Hezbollah, an event co-sponsored by over forty different community organizations. Understandably, the offices of the center had very tight security, and police have not explained how the gunman managed to get past it. The numbers and status of the victims have not been made entirely clear at the moment, but police have apparently confirmed at least one death.
More details will surely follow. Some may start thinking about those Hezbollah sleeper cells that Hassan Nasrallah threatened to unleash against the West, but it's an extremely unlikely explanation for this incident. If this initial report is accurate, it looks much more like a lone nutcase taking out his bigotry in a violent manner. Hezbollah would not waste a sleeper agent on an attack of this type, with so few potential victims. When Hezbollah strikes, they aim for maximum damage, as they did in Buenos Aires when they killed over eighty people at a Jewish center. This sounds much more similar to the wannabe jihadi in North Carolina earlier this year.
Regardless, this conflict will bring out the nuts on all sides. We will have to keep a watchful eye for trouble in the weeks ahead. (via Hot Air)
from Drudge:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SEATTLE_SHOOTING?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-07-28-20-03-32
Jul 28, 9:40 PM EDT
5 Shot, 1 Fatally at Seattle Jewish Center
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press Writer
SEATTLE (AP) -- At least five people were shot, one of them fatally, Friday afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and one person was arrested, authorities said.
Five or six people were wounded, assistant police chief Jim Pugel said.
One person died, fire department spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick said.
One wounded woman was shot in the abdomen and another woman was hit in the arm, according to news accounts. Information on the others wounded was not immediately available.
A SWAT team searched the federation building, looking for any other victims, anyone hiding or any other possible shooters, police spokesman Rich Pruitt said.
Pruitt said he had no information on a motive. "Hopefully we can figure that out as this goes on," he said.
Police cordoned off several city blocks to investigate.
Several witnesses said they saw a man walk up and shoot a woman in the leg on a sidewalk near the building.
"We heard this horrible screaming on the floor above us and shots," Patti Simon said in a phone interview, her voice shaking. "We didn't know what was happening."
Simon, who sells advertising for the federation's newspaper, was working on the first floor when she heard screaming, shots and what sounded like furniture crashing on the floor above.
Simon called up to her co-workers on the second floor, but got no answer, so she called the police and fled the building.
Usually they could at least say the FACTS: as an editor I would write the lead in as: "A self-proclaimed Muslim man stating his anger about the Israeli-Hizbollah conflict, stormed a Jewish center in downtown Seattle today firing shots which resulted in the death of...." etc. etc. Why can't the write frikkin stuff you learn in the first year of J school or even on a high school newspaper staff?? What is wrong with these people.
I think you and I are on the same wavelength tonight. You've asked 'Huh?' when I was getting ready to and now 'Can you repeat that in English?' Thanks. I'll just wait to see if you get a reply.
Glad to hear you're okay. That was CLOSE.
Nobody wins as long as radical islam flourishes.
New info same channel: "Seattle Police chief was in California in a conference on and of all things: terrorism"
It's the editor in me! :-)
You are right, but I am no longer on government Tab
Any more and I would be in the dog house!
But it is enough to do me for now!
Don't forget that LONE terrorist that was caught at the Canadian border..that had plans to blow up LAX...HE would have been a LONE bomber...
I've heard that in Islam the left hand is considered "dirty" and only used to wipe one's behind. True?
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