12:43a No word on injuries but report of assault with weapons tonight at 1325 E Madison tonight just before 12:30a. Got scanner report that officer believes he has the shooter in custody but that the weapon was taken from the scene by another suspect.
UPDATE 1:04a Slog reports three people taken to Harborview.
UPDATE: 5:15a I still don’t have official word on any of the victims. Slog says at least one had died.
UPDATE: 6:33a Heard KOMO AM report on the story. They are also reporting 1 dead, two injured. BTW, Baltic Room shooting just under 1 year ago, Jan. 26, 2008.
UPDATE: 7:00a Here’s the release from SPD on the incident:
Homicide, shooting in Central District
On January 4th at 12:27 a.m. officers responded to 911 calls of shots fired at a nightclub in the 1300 block of East Madison Street. Officers arrived on scene in under a minute and discovered three gunshot victims, all males apparently in their 20’s. SFD Medics were summoned immediately and subsequently transported all three victims to Harborview Medical Center. One victim died after arriving at Harborview. A second victim sustained life-threatening injuries, and the third victim reportedly has non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to recover. Preliminary investigation indicates there was a band playing and a crowd of patrons watching the band. A dispute erupted and shots were fired. Two of the victims are believed to be patrons and one victim possibly an entertainer. It is unknown if any of the victims were targeted. Officers apprehended two possible suspects that are currently being interviewed by detectives. Homicide, CSI, and Gang Unit Detectives all responded to process the scene and interview witnesses. This remains an active and on-going investigation.
UPDATE 2:09p: SPD has clarified their post regarding the two people detained Sunday morning. New info: “After officers’ arrival on scene, two men were detained and subsequently interviewed by Homicide Detectives. One of those initially detained, a 25-year-old male suspect, has been booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Assault (felony assault). The other subject, a witness, was interviewed and released. At least one male suspect is still at large.”
The night’s Chop Suey show from their calendar:
Big Kountry Entertainment & Milk ‘Em dry entertainment present
Northwest connected ” The Finest”
YOUNG SOPRANO
Fatal Lucciauno
No Clue
Dividenz
Anonimous
Here’s a clip featuring one of the acts from tonight’s show but don’t want to blame whatever happened on one performer. Young Soprano video:
Still no sign of this story on their sites.
this young soprano character and his crew are ignorant, no-talent-bringin’ MONGOLOIDS… screw ’em.
Don’t know why it took them all night to pull something together. Maybe they had hard time getting info from SPD — I never did reach SPD public info officer and couldn’t go to scene so missed briefing there. Finally KOMO radio had something this morning saying SPD confirmed the death and two injuries.
I saw this call on the SFD 911 call listing soon after it happened but you’re the first to offer any details. I’ll be reading your site more often (along with the West Seattle Blog) Even though I live downtown.
1/4/2009 12:34:08 AM F090000978 M16 1325 E Madison St Assault w/Weapons 14
1/4/2009 12:28:32 AM F090000978 A25 A5 B2 E25 L10 M1 M10 M44 SAFT2
The “14” in the SPD fire log presumably means “14 per rule”, i.e. serious enough to require 14 officers on the scene. Very rare to see that (mostly “7 per rule”). Presumably used because it was a shooting in a club and they anticipated many injuries, which fortunately they didn’t get. Only previous “14 per rule” I recall is with the Kyle Hull Capitol Hill slayings.
FWIW: http://www.komonews.com/news/37062124.html
And, from the rapper perspective (also with names):
http://www.sohh.com/2009/01/breaking_chop_suey_venue.html
The PI always seems to be mostly static on Saturday and Sunday except for a few sports scores/stories and an occasional “breaking news” type story. They have the briefest recap of the shooting now as of 9:30am. Don’t know what the deal is with Times other than staff probably focusing on the Sunday paper.
There’s a list of those who were shot at Seattlest. Maybe time for another update.
justin was posting at 1, 5, 6 and 7AM. Maybe he’s taking a nap!
In the interim, Seattlest link:
http://seattlest.com/2009/01/04/chop_suey_shooting_leaves_on
Andrew, here’s the full working Seattlest link from what you posted (your url was cutoff – probably because the html editor in the comment section seems to be a little funky).
Impossible for me to do it alone. Thanks all for adding updates and your thoughts.
Isn’t 14th and Madison on Capitol Hill? The CD gets a bad enough reputation as it is and it is too bad that it is now receiving more bad PR for what is in fact a Capitol Hill shooting.
My condolences to the victims.
Actually, the response protocol generally requires 7 EMTs [Firefighters and Paramedics staffing either SFD Engines, Aid-Cars (i.e. – A-25) and Medic Units (i.e. – M-44)]for each victim that is traumatically injured or in cardiac arrest. That’s what SFD deems the necessary number of personnel to adequately work ACLS and Trauma protocols at the scene, and to get the victim loaded for transport to Harborview.
This is why you see “14 per” when there is more than one known victim. A 14-per response will generally consume all available SFD/Medic resources in the vicinity for the duration of the call.
Madison is the most commonly accepted boundary and the club is on the South side of the street so technically CD could be right. But it’s a border area so both neighborhoods should probably be mentioned.
The Seattle Times has somewhat updated their (originally bare-bones) story this afternoon to include fuller details, interviews and a photo of the club (no names of victims given though).