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Crowd interferes with police trying to help three Seattle shooting victims

by KING 5 News

KING5.com

Posted on January 28, 2012 at 2:32 PM

Updated Saturday, Jan 28 at 3:37 PM

SEATTLE - Three men are recovering from injuries after a shooting outside of Citrus bar in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. 

Investigators said the incident started as a fight inside the bar early Saturday morning.  A few minutes later three men were shot in a nearby parking lot. 

All three suffered life-threatening injuries.

Police say the three that were wounded would not tell them what happened, and there was a "hostile" crowd that was interfering with officers while they were trying to attend to the wounded.

Police are having a difficult time finding witnesses.

“If you look around you’ll see cameras on many of the buildings so I think we’re in good shape for getting leads on who the suspects are,” said Capt. Neil Lowe.

Police have no word on a motive for the fight and shooting.

No arrests have been made.

 

 

 

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stonetrails said on January 30, 2012 at 7:53 AM

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Maybe the "hostile" crowd didn't want the police to help them. Maybe they had enough of them and and wanted them to die form their wounds.

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vffrwm said on January 30, 2012 at 7:51 AM

Those "homies" aren't going to turn anyone over. Somebody left the gate open Saturday night and some of them got out. If they don't want to cooperate thats fine not a problem let them keep doing one another and hopefully they won't run out of ammo

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dsatveiadd534711 said on January 29, 2012 at 10:04 PM

Darwinism at its best. Let the dumb kill the dumb. Simple concept, FANTASTIC RESULTS!!

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logic14 said on January 29, 2012 at 5:47 PM

I have a hard time calling these three "victims" and if the crowd doesn't want police help then maybe they should render aid to the people shot instead. For those type of neighborhoods and establishments that don't like the police we should not allow our public services to enter. No police, no fire, no ambulances, and no public works. It sounds like they can police themselves just fine. Eventually they would kill each other off.

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DimpleSkin said on January 29, 2012 at 5:28 PM

Yall might be the next Nawlins. Thank the liberal crowd. They be pleased with what they created.

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1wonders said on January 29, 2012 at 4:17 PM

I have to second what agarmy says. If you want help when YOU need it then you'd better step up and do the right thing. Additionally, I would say if the club becomes a regular problem site, then it needs to have it's liquor license removed.

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Mytake said on January 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM

some peoples kids...

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dreambeing said on January 29, 2012 at 9:49 AM

The people involved in this are not truly people. They are Thugs who have chosen to remain living and acting like animals. They are the reason that there is a certain word beginning with a particular letter that we are not supposed to say anymore...sorry, but this is what they are and the word lives on thanks to these animals.

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Oscar said on January 29, 2012 at 9:03 AM

Way to go people of Seattle; you hate the Seattle Police so much and when they are there to save your butts you still gang up on them. Maybe next time you can just you can just take yourself to the hospital and investigate yourselves...

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agarmy said on January 29, 2012 at 8:46 AM

When I worked as an EMT, I would have been half inclined to say F it, and leave if the crowd was that hostile. Of course, I wouldn't have even approached if the crowd was hostile. People here are idiots. The ones that were disrupting the cops trying to do their jobs are the first ones to say the cops do nothing for the people. There are plenty of witnesses, I'm sure, but once again, nobody wants to talk. You still wonder why nothing gets done? These people are why. The people who have the answers, but don't want to say anything. Don't expect everybody else to make your neighborhoods better when you don't want to put in the effort yourself.

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bloodsurf69 said on January 29, 2012 at 3:18 AM

That's cuz no body trust da po lease.

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shan79marie said on January 29, 2012 at 12:33 AM

At least one of the shooting victims is a known gang member from Yakima. Go figure.

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betterthingstodo said on January 29, 2012 at 12:12 AM

who dat?

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arebz said on January 28, 2012 at 10:57 PM

Diversity...Isn't it great?

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davebrownspoint said on January 28, 2012 at 10:01 PM

At least when you sue the private liquor sellers, the taxpayer isn't left holding the bag. I swear, Seattle (parts of) is becoming a nasty, brutal, ugly type situation. At least at 2:00 a.m. I'm glad I live in sleepy old Tacoma.

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Anonymous said on January 28, 2012 at 9:12 PM

Looks like he got blown right out of his shoes. Very funny!

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ThinkN-Do said on January 28, 2012 at 7:49 PM

Ban people, they give guns a bad name!

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wearedoomed said on January 28, 2012 at 6:08 PM

I blame the State of Washington for selling the liquor. In a few months people will be blaming private sellers, just you wait.

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tracer2010 said on January 28, 2012 at 5:43 PM

Choose stupid friends... choose a stupid life. That crowd deserves each other.

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Daytrader said on January 28, 2012 at 5:38 PM

Imagine that, another shooting in downtown Seattle, its becoming the East LA of the northwest.

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aking5viewer said on January 28, 2012 at 4:13 PM

Not surprising, this happened at a thug attracting club kinds like the Copper Cart in Belltown. Best to avoid these "classy watering holes."

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medicalknowhow said on January 28, 2012 at 3:33 PM

Whatever is in a persons body, roids, weed, alcohol, does not make them use a gun in a fight, it's their feeling on inferiority. Educate the young kids that there are ways to settle differences. Congressional members don't sling guns when a legal dispute isn't voted in their favor!

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bazwest said on January 28, 2012 at 3:14 PM

Stupid people...stupid. Stupid.

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traveldoc said on January 28, 2012 at 3:11 PM

role, not roll. darned autocorrect

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traveldoc said on January 28, 2012 at 3:11 PM

alcohol fuels rage and yet, we pretend it is safer than other substances. 100 to 10 that alcohol played a roll here.

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Jake-518 said on January 28, 2012 at 3:04 PM

Wow.... people these days.

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