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Thursday, January 8, 2009

City Shooting at Broadway and Madison

Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:57 PM

Seattle police are looking for a shooting suspect after shots were fired near Broadway and Madison.

It appears at least one person was injured in the shooting.

Police are looking for a "transient looking" black male in his 30s-40s, dressed all in black who was seen running from the scene.

Update: Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen says one person was transported to Harborview with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, which makes SPD's search for a suspect a bit puzzling.

More soon.

Update 2: Police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. It appears one shot was fired inside of a toyota Tundra parked outside of the Polyclinic on Broadway. Police still aren't sure whether the "transient" is related to the shooting.

Update 3: The injured man was taken to Harborview with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Police say the shooting may have been accidental.

Update 4: SPD now believes the shooting was a suicide attempt.

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Jonah: busiest man on the beat this week. You've been doing a great job btw.

Posted by Joh on January 8, 2009 at 4:03 PM

Police are looking for a "transient looking" black male in his 30s-40s, dressed all in black who was seen running from the scene.

Maybe the SPD was being proactive just going after what they think should be the suspect if it was not self-inflicted.

Posted by NOW what do we do with these suspects on January 8, 2009 at 4:11 PM

The victim/assailant (all in one!) was probably listening to hip hop. Criminal.

Posted by California on January 8, 2009 at 4:18 PM

"transient" dude shot himself and ran?

Posted by Lau on January 8, 2009 at 4:19 PM

If I were a black dude and heard shots, I'd run for it too, knowing the FIRST THING the police would do was cuff me and ask why I did it.

Posted by Greg on January 8, 2009 at 4:21 PM

There was a Hip Hop Night on the corner of Broadway and Madison?

This afternoon??

And only one person showed up???

And someone still got shot????

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on January 8, 2009 at 4:24 PM

They'll probably find him on a bus riding around in the Flee Ride Zone.

Posted by This Finger is Loaded on January 8, 2009 at 4:24 PM

Greg's right.

They'd probably shoot you in the back too.

They do it all the time and then the cop never does any serious jail time.

Posted by Will in Seattle on January 8, 2009 at 4:25 PM

SPD says they believe this was self-inflicted:
http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2009/0…

Posted by jseattle on January 8, 2009 at 4:32 PM

The Polyclinic really does lame Hip-Hop nights. For one thing, they have them on a Thursday afternoon.

Posted by Poly Hopper on January 8, 2009 at 4:34 PM

It's those cheap shoulder holsters that guy sells on EBay. I must know a dozen people who've plugged themselves that way.

Posted by Toe Tag on January 8, 2009 at 4:39 PM

"Transient looking black man"

Right.

Then it will turn out to be an albino making 6 figures.

Posted by Seeing Is Believing on January 8, 2009 at 4:45 PM

If everyone involved in this incident were armed this never would have occured... Can you believe people actually think like that?

Posted by LeSaux98 on January 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM

We call it Bust-a-Cap Hill.

Posted by itsmarkmitchell on January 8, 2009 at 5:56 PM

He could have been a charmingly eccentric non-Nazi history buff reenacting the final historical events Hitler's in bunker.

Posted by if only the cops could be more emo... on January 8, 2009 at 6:01 PM

I'm a non-transient white male and if someone fires a gun I run away. I don't stick around on the off chance that he has shot himself and that I could possibly be of assistance to the police.

Posted by kinaidos on January 8, 2009 at 9:15 PM

seven pounds is a terrible movie

Posted by wil "xenu" smith on January 8, 2009 at 11:47 PM

Between the Chop Suey thing happening a block away from where I live and this incident, my neighborhood is not looking so great. Darn it, stop it people!

Posted by kuribo on January 9, 2009 at 12:38 AM

your (our) neighborhood is looking fine. have you been living under a rock?

Posted by meg on January 9, 2009 at 1:18 PM

I was actually there at this shooting prior to any aid cars coming... walking back to my car that was parked a few cars behind this truck. My first thought was that it was an accidental self-inflicted wound. I did hear another witness account of the transient running from the truck. I was coming from a different direction from this witness. The police and other aid did a tremendous job from what I could tell!

Posted by DB on January 15, 2009 at 10:38 PM

Does anyone know if the guy survived?

Posted by DB on January 15, 2009 at 10:39 PM