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News & ArtsFriday, August 28, 2009
Crime I-5 Shut Down Following Gunfire Near Northgate
Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Seattle police have locked down I-5 and are looking for an armed suspect following reports of gunfire near North Seattle Community College.
About an hour ago, officers were called to a wooded area in the 10000 block of College Way North.
Police, K-9 units and the Guardian One helicopter are searching for a man who may be carrying an AK-47.
No reports of any injuries. Gang and armored units are en route.
Police have one person in custody and have located another man using infrared sensors. Officers have guns trained on a wooded area north of (NSCC), west of I-5. It sounds like police are firing tear gas into the trees.
Police have taken two suspects in to custody. Police are searching the bushes looking for weapons. So far, officers have found a sword.
According to SPD spokeswoman Renee Witt, police received reports of gunfire around 9pm in the 9200 block of 5th Avenue NE. Police arrived on scene and heard multiple shots.
A Myspace page for a man matching the name and description of one of the suspects says he's in to punk rock and Kung Fu. The man's page says he planned to go to a "sniper school" in Texas, and lists his heroes as Mahatma Ghandi, Barack Obama, and "members of the armed forces.".
Witt says one of the suspects ran east across I-5, ran back towards NSCC, and back towards Northgate.
Police have taken two men in their late-teens or early twenties into custody. End scene.
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Side Note: first time longboarding on I-5. Sweet, but short.
After 20 minutes or so, people started backing up the on ramp to jet onto 85th. People up the freeway saw this and started U-turning to go *backwards up the freeway* through traffic to exit at the on-ramp on 85th. It was interesting, lots of maneuvering in tight quarters as half the cars were driving the opposite way up the on-ramp while the other half reversed. CHAOS, but controlled.
About twenty-five minutes after getting stuck, and with most cars in exodus the wrong way up the on-ramp, we (my two dude friends and I) decided to effing jet. Ten minutes later, we were on 99 going North.
Problem is, our neighbors in the Express Lanes were TOTALLY STUCK. They were packed in and had NO options to turn around or go forward. With those two barriers on either sides, I felt so bad for them. They were truck drivers hoping to get those miles in to feed their families, young dudes and chicks on their first/second/eight/100th date, and weirdo people just looking confused.
All this happened between 10:00 and 10:45.
About two hours later, we decided to head back home. The radio (I think it was KOMO) said they STILL had the I-5 closed. We had to drive around Lake Ballinger, but we got back to the 99 and had NO problems getting back south. I still wonder about those express lanes cars though.
Sorry for the Wall O'Text, it was just an interesting night. Highlight, Longboarding!
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Might help him get into Blackwater, though.
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Unless, our enemies choose them
We prefer to fight you on like a man
And beat you down with our hands and bodyslam
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