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Investigation underway after deadly police shooting during response to reported Central District gunfire — UPDATE

Shell casings are marked in the street along Massachusetts (Image: CHS)

UPDATE: The area around 23rd Ave S and S Massachusetts near the Central District’s Colman Playfield was locked down Tuesday night after Seattle Police shot and killed a man while responding to a reported shooting.:

White tags marked multiple shell casings in the street along Massachusetts and police tape cordoned off a large area around the field across from the Northwest African American Museum and Jimi Hendrix Park.

23rd Ave S was blocked during the investigation and response (Image: CHS)

A Seattle Police spokesperson would only confirm an “officer involved shooting” had taken place after officers were called to the area to a reported shooting involving multiple people just before 9:25 PM. SPD later said that police had shot at least one person.

UPDATE 11:25 PM: Assistant Chief Deanna Nollette confirmed that police shot and killed a man who they say opened fire as they responded to the scene in the museum parking lot where two others had been shot. Nollette said the two victims were transported to Harborview with life threatening injuries. Police believe the suspect “lived in the area.” The building home to the museum is also the location of the Urban League Village, a 36-unit affordable housing complex.

UPDATE x2: Police say one of the victims is dead and the second critically injured.

UPDATE 2/10/2021 8:20 AM: SPD posted a brief on the shooting overnight:

At 9:16 p.m., a caller reported hearing a shot fired near 24th Avenue South and South Massachusetts Street. Additional callers reported seeing a man firing a gun in the same area. When officers arrived on scene they heard multiple gunshots. The suspect walked towards the officers, raised his firearm and fired at them. Officers returned fire, striking the suspect. Some of the officers began providing aid to the suspect, while others searched the area for victims of the suspect. The two victims were found in a vehicle parked in the parking lot of 2300 South Massachusetts Street. The Seattle Fire Department arrived to take over emergency care and medics declared the suspect deceased. SFD medics transported both of the victims to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. One of the shooting victims died during transport to the hospital.

SPD says, per policy, police video from the incident will be released in 72 hours.

 

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Martin
Martin
3 years ago

Vigil and protest march for the suspect. We will not hear the names of the victims from those on the street, but instead the name of a murder.

The Ghostt Of Capitol Hill
The Ghostt Of Capitol Hill
3 years ago
Reply to  Martin

Please pay better attention to the world around you. We all (all..) must demand accountability from a government office that kills civilians under any circumstances.

If you read the survey about use of force the SPD issued you’d notice about 90% of it was about how and when they get to kill you and can’t be held accountable and about 2% of it was how to use deescalation.. maybe, if theres time but also it’s cool if you don’t and they won’t judge you for anything in hind sight so here’s your paid time off (pat on the back “good Job”)

Getting guns out of the hands of civilians would not only prevent senseless gun violence like what we’re hearing in the recent incident but it would also leave police with less to fear on the streets.

Derp derp, “my rights” “my cold dead hands” yeah I know..

Logically there is literally no other solution so enjoy your society full of tragic gun violence.

Jake
Jake
3 years ago

The SPD was clear on how they deescalated someone shooting at them.

Carmen
Carmen
3 years ago

I think his point is that vigils and protests are not about the policies, but basically exonerate the perpetrators… it’s reminiscent of the lawsuits where the good Samaritan gets sued for pulling someone from a burring car. In this case the police while protecting everyone become the villain and a scape goat for social justice issues.

At the macro scale, it opens up a window of opportunity for demigods like Trump to point out the absurdity. Surly deescalating would also include calling a spade a spade rather than the contorted logic like PC, and creates more risks.

Bob
Bob
3 years ago
Reply to  Carmen

I just don’t see why we can’t have an approach of: It should not be the police’s policy to shoot people, but if someone is going around shooting others and at the police, they may have no choice but to shoot the person. It’s an unfortunate situation.

This is very different from other situations where maybe someone just had a knife or police think they saw a gun.

Carmen
Carmen
3 years ago
Reply to  Bob

I think that is the policy, but the reality is that every encounter is a potential quick draw won or lost by hundredths of a second.

And the people becoming police are taking stupid risks high end professionals would never take, so it’s rich that they’d think they have the high moral ground teaching these people that protect them a lesson to not be a reflection of what they are to begin with.

Of course, yeah guns…

Glenn
Glenn
3 years ago
Reply to  Bob

Just a knife! A knife is a deadly weapon. Brandishing one makes a person very dangerous. While that may not justify shooting that person in sll situations, it certainly can justify shooting a person in some situations.

JCW
JCW
3 years ago

Full respect, this not difficult, Ghostt. When someone shoots someone, and then fires on responding officers, the police have an obligation to end the threat before someone else gets injured or killed. Full stop. The fact that there are folks out there holding a vigil for someone who killed one woman and seriously injured another is a depressing indication about where last summer’s movement ended up. When you can’t tell the difference between excessive use of force and justified action because you’re too blinded by ideology, your movement can no longer be taken seriously.

The Ghostt Of Capitol Hill
The Ghostt Of Capitol Hill
3 years ago
Reply to  JCW

Ok. Please copy and paste below from this article where it is factually shown that there was a vigil for the suspect in this incident?

I saw on television news and internet posts that there was a candle vigil near where the events took place however.. Who was it for? Why was it there? Was it for all the victims of the incident? Only the one that proves you’re point?

What are your feelings about police violence? This is the subject that shouldn’t be changed.

JCW
JCW
3 years ago

Sure thing. Check out this tweet, photo, and request for participants from last night: PNW Revolutionary Afro Collective ✨ (@PNWRAC) Tweeted:
Join us RIGHT NOW at Jimi Hendrix Park to mourn Greg Taylor, who was murdered by SPD last night in this spot. A march will begin shortly. #seattleprotests #protestcommsseattle #seattleprotestcomms #GregTaylor #AbolishSPD https://t.co/lKfmgqdxJo https://twitter.com/PNWRAC/status/1359704559858249740?s=20

Chaz Neighbor
Chaz Neighbor
3 years ago

Go check out Omare and Converge Media for the real story.

The takes on here are way off base and this shouldn’t be spun as anything other than the tragedy it is.

Martin
Martin
3 years ago
Reply to  Chaz Neighbor

I agree 100% and encourage people to get all of the facts and stop with the martyrdom fascination.