Shooting in Roosevelt Area; Gunman Still at Large
Update at 1:30 p.m.
Spoke with Phil Brockman over at RHS. They have moved to a "shelter in place" mode (a notch down from complete lockdown). Students are to be released at regular time when school ends today per police belief that area is clear. I did see two cop cars race up 15th Ave NE next to the school at a very high rate of speed but an officer on the scene said they are going to every reported sighting they have as quickly as possible.
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There has been a shooting in the Roosevelt area by NE 65th near the freeway. KING-5 is reporting two people dead, another injured. The gunman, a white man, is still at large.
Roosevelt High School is on lock-down and so is Green Lake Elementary. No word if Bagley or Bryant are as well.
I just drove through the area not a half-hour before this happened. This violence has got to stop.
Update: there was also a shooting in downtown Seattle at 8th and Seneca. A woman was shot as she got car-jacked. They found the car in West Seattle, 30th and Genessee. If you live in that area, the police are telling people to stay in their homes/businesses if possible. The shooter is a white male with blond hair, maybe wearing a hat.
The shooting in the Roosevelt area is further south than previously reported. It happened at a cafe on Roosevelt at 58th.
Spoke with Phil Brockman over at RHS. They have moved to a "shelter in place" mode (a notch down from complete lockdown). Students are to be released at regular time when school ends today per police belief that area is clear. I did see two cop cars race up 15th Ave NE next to the school at a very high rate of speed but an officer on the scene said they are going to every reported sighting they have as quickly as possible.
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There has been a shooting in the Roosevelt area by NE 65th near the freeway. KING-5 is reporting two people dead, another injured. The gunman, a white man, is still at large.
Roosevelt High School is on lock-down and so is Green Lake Elementary. No word if Bagley or Bryant are as well.
I just drove through the area not a half-hour before this happened. This violence has got to stop.
Update: there was also a shooting in downtown Seattle at 8th and Seneca. A woman was shot as she got car-jacked. They found the car in West Seattle, 30th and Genessee. If you live in that area, the police are telling people to stay in their homes/businesses if possible. The shooter is a white male with blond hair, maybe wearing a hat.
The shooting in the Roosevelt area is further south than previously reported. It happened at a cafe on Roosevelt at 58th.
Comments
MC
According to 911 map another weapons incident at Town Hall.
There was also a shooting (apparent car-jacking) at 8th & Seneca that resulted in death. Now this, the city could try to fix.
In all cases, the prevalence of gun violence in this city is beyond disturbing.
Solvay Girl
Bryant Elementary staff reports their doors are locked, but the rest of the day is proceeding normally
In addition to Roosevelt HS lockdown, 2 nearby schools - Eckstein Middle and Green Lake Elem, are operating as usual but w/ locked doors
Are West Seattle schools going into lock down, too?
-worried
Yeah, I know. Hard to keep these shootings straight...ugh
"Teresa Wippel, a school district spokeswoman, said she wasn’t sure if any students were in danger."
Meh. Enough with the amateur show. Get the superintendent on the phone and get some ownership of leadership in this blasted district.
DistrictWatcher
Any information I hear from my neighborhood I will pass onto you.
Reports are that RHS is a ghost-town. The reporter said, "It looks like a Sunday, not a Wednesday."
This guy in West Seattle is DANGEROUS and on the move. Be aware.
Solvay Girl, what about making guns less readily available?
I know several households who have hadweapons taken in break ins.
Also not the economy. Seattles unemployment rate is 6.6%.
I blame idiots. No economy is going to fix that.
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This is really scary.
(zb)
If you want a gun, fine. But we need laws that hold the gun owner (unless it was stolen) responsible for anything that happens with that gun.
If there's one thing we learned from OJ is that if you can't get someone criminally, you can go after them in civil court.
We have too many guns too readily available in a economic climate that seems to be heightening anger. Chicago had 10 people killed over the weekend.
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@joshtrujillo
Heavily armed officers going yard to yard near #RooseveltShooting scene. If in area be aware they are walking through yards, weapons drawn.
Spectators stay away.
neighbor
-Parent of preschooler
Be careful out there.
neighbor
-Parent of preschooler
Helen Schinske