A mass shooting left two people dead and five injured in Seattle, on July 26, Sunday. KOMO News shared the latest update on the victims after a shooting at the Seattle Center at 305 Harrison Street, Seattle, Washington State. The incident took place during the Bite of Seattle event there.
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The publication reported that two of the victims were declared dead at 7:47pm, and four were shifted to Harborview Medical Center. A woman, aged 39, was reported to be in stable condition and was moved by AMR. A two-year-old boy was also moved by paramedics and said to be in stable condition. Meanwhile, another victim was a 23-year-old said to be in stable condition, and the other is a 56-year-old woman whose condition is said to be serious.
Meanwhile, several witnesses recounted the horrors of the shooting.
One witness spoke to King5 after the mass shooting at Seattle Center and said “I heard bang, bang, bang, and I heard yelling, straight yelling.”
One witness described working like they were, when shots rang out. “I was working…when I heard four pops,” Isiah said to a KOMO News reporter. The individual recounted that he heard “women, kids, and men” screaming, and he decided it was time to go. “I hopped the fence,” Isiah further said.
Isiah also said that he thought the ‘bangs’ were regular till he saw people running and screaming. The individual further praised the swift response from the Seattle Police.
Another person, Andrew, told the reporter that he was working next to Isiah, and didn’t ‘really hear’ the shots. He said he heard ‘pops’ but didn’t think much of it. “I saw families, kids, just running out of the fair,” the person also said. “Someone said active shooter, and I jumped the fence and ran,” Andrew further added.
(This story is being updated)
