A shootout at a Central District trouble spot that amazingly left nobody wounded was caught on camera Friday night at 21st and Union.
Video shows groups engaged in a tussle in the street along 21st around 11:45 PM before at least three people open fire on each other in the melee.
Witnesses reported about a dozen people fleeing the scene and multiple vehicles speeding from the area after the gunfire.
VIDEO: Shooting last night in Seattle 21st and Union. @KIRO7Seattle @KING5Seattle @fox13seattle @komonews @FoxNews @MSNBC @jasonrantz @KatieDaviscourt @Outkick @CNN @nypost #crime #Police #shootings #GunViolence #PNW #Seattle pic.twitter.com/aeZpzg0X7E
— Matt (@MatthewRyanCase) May 13, 2023
Seattle Police says 911 callers reported “several” shots and that multiple vehicles suffered reported “ballistic damage” but there were no reported injuries at the scene. CHS’s review of later East Precinct emergency radio updates also revealed no reported gunshot wound victims arriving at Harborview on a deadly weekend of gun violence around the city including a homicide at Alki Beach and another Friday night downtown.
Video shows the groups in an increasingly heated confrontation before gunfire suddenly erupts and people begin running and diving behind parked cars for cover. In the video, you can hear a man imploring others inside to “get down.”
The Friday night shooting marks another hot spot in the East Precinct’s patterns of gun violence. In 2019, multiple people were injured and one person killed in a gang shootout at the corner. Neighbors asked the city and nearby property owners to make environmental design changes in addition to policing to help make the area safer. The southern edge of the intersection where the latest shooting also happened is bounded by a one-time gas station that is now owned by Uncle Ike’s founder Ian Eisenberg with plans for eventual development. Across 21st is the Union Market which has new owners after an armed robbery at the store late last year. The popular El Costeno food truck and Chuck’s beer bar also operate nearby.
Another East Precinct area prone to gun violence is also being prepared for safety upgrades. CHS reported here on plans to change Nagle Place and the nearby Cal Anderson sport courts after a deadly shooting left two dead in late April.The Cal Anderson Park Alliance blames violence on the “drug market” that operates in the area west of the park.
PLEASE HELP KEEP CHS PAYWALL-FREE!
Subscribe to CHS to help us pay writers and photographers to cover the neighborhood. CHS is a pay what you can community news site with no required sign-in or paywall. Become a subscriber to help us cover the neighborhood for as little as $5 a month.
Thank god no one (seemingly) got hurt. But I do not understand this…where are marches and protests about this? Where is BLM and other parent groups? They should be speaking out and organizing. Addressing systemic racism in policing is a valid issue to confront! And unjustified police shootings should be protested! BLM did a great job making that a national story. But they should “also” address this, this is killing more black lives and needs a spotlight. Addressing this should does not “negate” the other issue(s). We should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time as the saying goes.
This is like airplane crashes compared to car deaths. People are more likely to be afraid of flying, and plane crashes make huge news, and they’re terrible and tragic, but you’re vastly more likely to die in a car accident. This doesn’t mean we ignore air safety OF COURSe, it’s critically important..but don’t pretend cars aren’t far more deadly. Be realistic.
These “boring daily accepted shootings” are orders of magnitude more risk than police shootings. It’s not an either-or, we don’t have to “pick one” issue and ignore the other. But damn it, where is the outrage and public marches over this kind of constant violence which is killing more youths?
It’s almost as if there’s a system in place in this country that keeps the Black population down and desperate that then leads them into bad situations that then results in violence within their communities that the BLM movement tries to address or something 🤔
Radio silence
David, you are very racist.
Your accusatory statement is entirely unproductive. I bet it made you feel good, though.
> where are marches and protests about this?
What do you suppose they would be meant to accomplish?
I was foolish enough to look at some of the comments below the linked video, is all of Twitter basically The Daily Stormer now, or is there something about this Matt guy in particular that attracts this element?
The guy has a blue check mark next to his name so that means he supports Elon Musk and his politics. After Musk bought Twitter, he made people pay for the check marks and removed the ones that were given for free to famous people and companies. So now most of those who have them are Trump supporters and far right.
The video was horrendous, can’t count the number of shots. Glad no one was hurt despite the number of bullets. Lots of people live at 21st and Union BTW. Sad for the area and its residents.
How about sad for the community that is oppressed by gentrification and has to resort to gang violence to make ends meet
Yeah, the gentrification made them do it! Give it a rest.
Of all the causes of repression of black people, you choose gentrification?
I’d suggest that gentrification is more a symptom of systematic oppression of black folks than it is a tool of oppression: institutional racism over many decades has been a tremendous impediment to the accumulation of generational wealth in black communities, and this lack of generational wealth is a huge contributor to gentrification.
But hey, what do I as a white boy know?
… sorry what? Are you saying that kid blasted up that group of people so that he could go buy groceries? It’s possible that the kid is BOTH the victim of gentrification and a narcissistic little shit. Maybe he deserves tremendous empathy because he had a bad dad because gentrification and ALSO did something horrific and deplorable. Maybe we need social nets and reparations and ALSO stronger (fair) enforcement of reasonable laws.
Also, who’s to say that crow isn’t sad for both groups? As gentrified as the CD is, there’s a pretty good chance the community around the shooting included folks oppressed by gentrification.
You know, being reasonable, considering potential flaws in your argument and using a charitable interpretation actually increases the validity of your argument. It shows that you thought about it for 20 seconds. Woke-splaining and rating folks’ the racism just makes one seem like an ignorant jerk who repeats everything they hear from a homogenous group of friends.
I won’t say your viewpoint is wrong, but I’ll say your information is incorrect. Your comment makes no sense otherwise.