Seattle: Westlake Center Shooting

[deanf]

http://www.kirotv.com/news/10025344/detail.html

Westlake Center Shooting
Man Killed In Downtown Seattle Altercation

POSTED: 5:48 pm PDT October 7, 2006
UPDATED: 9:12 pm PDT October 7, 2006

Seattle, WA -- A man is dead after gunfire at Westlake Center in Seattle sent shoppers scrambling for cover this morning.

The shooting happened outside the busy mall at 11:30 as hundreds of shoppers jammed the stores and sidewalks.

Witnesses say the two men in their mid 20s engaged in a loud argument.

They say one man chased the other man down, kicked him and began beating him. Then they heard a gunshot and the man who was doing the beating was on the ground.

Witnesses say the shooter then sat down after pulling the trigger.

The shooting shut down the city block in front of the Westlake Mall while Seattle police investigated and shoppers walked around the crime tape. Seattle police arrived at the scene within moments of the shooting.

Assistant Police Chief Jim Pugel says the shooter did not attempt to run and told officers he was the one who did it, handing his gun over to police.

The victim was rushed to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center, where he died.

Police say the shooter had a license to carry a concealed weapon and they have no plans to charge him. Police say they had received complaints that the shooting victim had been harassing other people at the center and the shooter and the victim did not know each other.

 

[mooreshawnm]

Wow sounds like the commies in Seattle actually made the right call for a change.

 

[azredhawk44]

On the surface it sounds like an effective use of CCW. Hope there's no dirt to come later on...

 

[azurefly]

True, it does sound like a plain ol' CCW shooting by a guy who waited until he was uncontestably in jeopardy of grievous injury (i.e. he was being beaten and kicked) before using a gun he was licensed to carry, to defend himself.


Here's hoping everything is told as it occurred, and that the shooter -- the defender -- does not end up facing b.s. charges.


edit: I just noticed that the attacker who was shot is called the "victim" several times in the story. :barf:


-azurefly

 

[buckster]

One less bully

That will teach him. I'd say the CCW restrained himself all he could.

 

[azurefly]

Hell, sounds like he FLED before being forced to use DPF!


-azurefly