Posted on 07/24/2011 9:01:46 AM PDT by moonshinner_09
A fight at a crowded Kent car show escalated Saturday afternoon, leaving 10 people shot as cars sped away from the scene and frightened spectators ducked into the safety of nearby businesses.
Hundreds of people packed the La Plaza parking lot all day before the shooting. At least one shooter fired from the front of the shopping center into the crowd.
Patrons and employees in nearby shops and restaurants locked the doors and crouched in back rooms as the crack of gunfire filled the air like fireworks.
“First I heard like six shots, then they kept going,” said Alejandro Lara, a witness. He said he saw a single gunman firing into the parking lot full of people.
Police said they don’t know how many shooters there were. No arrests had been made by Saturday night.
“People were leaving as we were coming, and victims were our first priority,” said Kent Police Sgt. Jarod Kasner.
Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg said eight people — six men and two women — were admitted to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
“They’re all in satisfactory condition,” she said. “All conscious and talking.”
She said ages of the wounded ranged from 14 to 32. The victims, she said, were hit on a foot, leg and chest, among other places.
Kasner said a fight broke out just before the shooting.
He described a chaotic scene as cars sped away from the La Raza lowrider show
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LaRaza shooting at LaRaza?
I fail to see the down side...
We welcome our new MultiCulti World....
If only they were better marksmen....
I first saw this article online, and, of course, it just says that gunfire erupted at a crowded car show. This puzzled me, because every car show I have attended has been a distinctly calm, family-oriented event. It wasn’t until I read much farther down that it mentions it was a La Raza low rider car show. Wow, who would have thought that would attract a gang element?
Our government apparently loves La Nazi.
Yeah..now we will have new recruits for La Raza in the prisons.
it just goes around and around.
If this event contributes in any way to the awakening of the American people, then the shooting in one of our cities is a “good thing.”
Lambos are for rappers and people with lots of money, but no real class or style. ;-)
La Raza lowrider show at the La Plaza shopping center in Washington State. Paging ICE - here’s a target rich environment
DAMIT! It’s time to finally do something about those lawless Amish low-rider buggy shows. The violence is simply unacceptable!
That is one ugly car!
I don’t care who or where it was manufactured, or how expensive it is - it looks like a baby’s shoe.
A sports car should a swept-look, as though it is moving very FAST even when just parked.
I had a meeting with the club and made it clear that I was mischaracterized. A week before our show, a local group (some group against youth violence) put on a low-rider show about three miles from where ours was going to be. A gang shooting erupted and people got shot. The woman stirring crap up never came around after that.
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