iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) — Five people were shot Wednesday night outside a 7-11 convenience store in downtown Seattle, leaving two of the injured in critical condition.
The male suspect escaped on foot and is being sought by police.
The victims consist of four men and one woman. They are between the ages of 20 and 50, according to a spokeswoman at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center, where the injured were transported. The hospital tweeted that two males were in critical condition, two other males were in serious condition, and the female had been upgraded from critical to serious.
Police said two victims sustained life-threatening injuries after a man fired into a crowd outside the 7-11.
Seattle Fire crews treating 5 patients with gunshot wounds. 2 of the 5 with life-threatening injuries. Medics transporting to HMC. pic.twitter.com/HTtHejkTpc
— Seattle Fire Dept (@SeattleFire) November 10, 2016
A 7-11 store manager who was working at time of the shooting told ABC television affiliate KOMO she heard a string of shots ring out around 6:45 p.m.
“I told everybody to just get down,” Sharon Keith said. “I looked out and there were multiple people down and bleeding.”
Merner said the shooting did not appear to be related to nearby anti-Donald Trump protests, one of several that broke out in cities across the country.
“As far as we know, it seems to be a personal argument,” he said.
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