5 shot in Seattle at anti-trump protest

[funkymonkey1111]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-...shot-downtown/

Five people were shot in downtown Seattle Wednesday night and the shooter is at large, police said.





Gunshots were reported shortly before 7 p.m. at Third Avenue between Pike and Pine streets.
Two of the five people who were shot have life-threatening injuries, Seattle Fire Department tweeted around 7:15 p.m.
An anti-Trump rally, which started at Westlake Mall, turned into a march and was proceeding down nearby streets at the time of the shootings, according to witnesses.
Medics were helping victims on Third Avenue near “Check Cashing/Payday Loans.” The victims will be taken to Harborview Medical Center, the fire department said.
People in the area heard several rounds of gunshots before police responded, said Irfan Rahman, a worker at a nearby smoke shop.
This post will be updated.

[JohnnyDrama]

Hope the victims recover quickly.

On another note, what are people doing out on a school night?

[Rucker61]

Five were shot in a city where there's a protest.

[TFOGGER]

Hope the victims recover quickly.

On another note, what are people doing out on a school night?

They're protesting Trump, so they probably don't have to worry about getting up early for work...

[Gman]

An important detail;

The rally turned into a march and was proceeding down various streets in town at the time of the shootings, according to witnesses. Merner said the shooting is unrelated.

“It’s not related to the protest at all,” he said. “It appears to be some type of personal argument.”

To ppl worried about gunman at large: "This is not random," SPD spokesman. "It was an argument that escalated very quickly with gunfire"

[Bailey Guns]

^^ That's what stood out to me as well, amid all the veiled anti-gun rhetoric about other mass shootings and such.