Anti-Trump Protesters
A gunman has injured 5 people in downtown Seattle after opening fire near a scene of protesters protesting Donald Trump’s presidency.
According to assistant chief of the Seattle Police Department, Robert Merner, the shooting did not appear to be connected to the anti-Trump demonstrations but instead stemmed from a personal argument.
“It appears that some type of argument took place. This individual began to walk away from the crowd, then turned and fired into the crowd,” Merner said according to Reuters.
He said the suspect then fled from the area on foot and remained at large more than an hour later.
The most seriously injured victim, a man, was rushed to nearby Harborview Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition on Wednesday night.
The other four victims, identified only as one woman and three men, all sustained non-life threatening wounds to their legs, police said.
