Posted on 08/28/2009 10:18:46 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Southbound Interstate 5 is closed near Northgate in Seattle.
Residents near North 92nd Street reported hearing gunfire before police officers converged on the neighborhood, ordering residents outside to return to their homes.
Seattle Police requested the freeway be shutdown shortly before 10 p.m. after reports that someone may have been on the loose in the area with a rifle. The State Patrol closed the southbound lanes to traffic.
Police were focusing on a wooded area near North Seattle Community College, on the west side of the freeway.
A helicopter is guiding officers on the ground in the search for a possible suspect.
An interstate sniper...?
That was my first thought as wel: “Rapid shots”??
Some chucklehead’s way of trying to say, “automatic gunfire”, maybe?
The KING 5 headline is what it is.
Maybe its fireworks from the the Mariners finally winning a Friday night game.
Yup.
http://www.komonews.com/aboutradio/live/42934697.html
Said there were 15 to 20 shots fired. Looking for two suspects wearing backpacks.
Also at KOMO it’s possible to listen to police and fire scanner live, but I didn’t allow add-on to listen.
I hope you’re trapped in a safe place.
Safe at home (a secured building), with both wife and faithful hound, thank goodness. ;)
Gang warfare?
Rapid shots have been fired at North Seattle Community College
Rapid shots?
Perhaps rapid as compared with those subsonic rounds?
;-)
I’m watching it live on the news. Both North and South lanes of I-5 shut down. The news knows very little at this time.
Good! What kind of hound? (I’m a dog lover)
Just brought up the scanner.
Here: http://www.komonews.com/news/content/scanner/31214074.html?video=pop&t=a
Half-black Lab, half-Chow. All moron, but with a loving personality and infinite heart. ;)
They have a suspect. Suspect name is Blake. Has an AK-47.
"Have" as in "have in custody," or "have" as in "have identified"...?
Thank you Jet Jaguar for the ping.
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