Police enter cop-free zone in Seattle after shooting kills one, injures another [View all]
Source: Washington Post
Seattle Police entered a police-free zone occupied by protesters to investigate a shooting that killed a 19-year-old man and injured another early Saturday morning, authorities confirmed.
Officers initially had trouble getting to the scene because they “were met by a violent crowd that prevented officers safe access to the victims,” according to a statement by the Seattle Police Department. The shooting took place in “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” — or CHAZ — a zone near downtown Seattle set aside for protesters against police brutality.
The police officers’ arrival into the zone, filmed by people occupying it, didn’t appear to show violence. Police later learned the victims were taken to Harborview Medical Center, a nearby trauma unit.
At about 3 a.m., two men with gunshot wounds were driven to the University of Washington-affiliated hospital in private vehicles, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg confirmed to The Washington Post. The 19-year-old died shortly after arrival while the other man is in critical condition in the intensive care unit, Gregg said.
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