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Two men were not critically injured in a shooting in a mall near Seattle
May 1, 2021, 11:27 pm
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SEATTLE – Two men were non-life-threateningly injured in a shooting at a mall near Seattle on Saturday in what police described as apparently isolated violence.
Tukwila police wrote on Twitter that the shooting at Westfield Southcenter shopping mall appeared to be “an isolated incident between potentially known people.” There was no immediate news of an arrest.
Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg identified the victims as two men, ages 32 and 27.
Shoppers fled the mall or sought shelter in locked stores after the shots were fired. Olympia’s Wesley Eubanks told The Associated Press via direct messages on Twitter that he was at the Lush cosmetics store on the mall’s first floor with his wife when he heard six or seven gunshots. The couple moved to the back of the store with a few other customers when staff directed them to a specific area, he said.
Tukwila police wrote on Twitter at 12:15 p.m. that officers were in the mall south of Seattle and that people should avoid the area.
“Officials are clearing the mall,” the department tweeted 10 minutes later. “If you are protected in a store, please stay where you are until officers contact you.”
Hundreds of people were locked in the mall for up to four hours when police evacuated it.
