A woman in her 40s is dead and seven people wounded after multiple people fired guns during a dispute outside a McDonald's in the busiest part of downtown Seattle during rush hour on Wednesday, Seattle police said Wednesday night. Those injured include a woman in her 50s listed in critical condition and a 9-year-old boy, upgraded to satisfactory condition from serious, the Seattle Times reports.
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said according to preliminary information, including security camera footage, multiple people fired shots just after 5 p.m. outside a McDonald's at Third Avenue and Pike Street, about two blocks from Pike Place Market. The shots sent people scurrying for cover in different directions, and it's unclear whether any of the injured people were involved in the dispute and how many suspects fled the scene, she said. "There were a lot of people outside, guns came out, and people started running," and "we responded immediately and we discovered victims at the scene in about a one-block radius."
"I am horrified and dismayed to hear about the shooting in Seattle tonight," Gov. Jay Inslee (D) said in a statement. "We grieve for the one individual confirmed dead in the shooting, and wish a full and speedy recovery to those who were injured." This was the third shooting in the area since Tuesday, when a man was found dying of a gunshot wound in the stairway of the Westlake Center mall, about block away from Wednesday evening's shooting. Earlier Wednesday, police shot and wounded a man reported to have a gun.
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