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Multiple Victims Reported in Seattle Shooting, Suspect Detained (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

At least four people were shot Wednesday afternoon in North Seattle, including a Metro bus driver, according to local media citing Seattle police.
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One person has been detained by Seattle police after the shooting was reported near Northeast 120th Street and Sand Point Way Northeast at around 4 p.m. local time, according to the Seattle Times newspaper.

Police Chief Carmen Best told the Seattle Times that four people were shot, and that there was one fatality.

A bus driver on Metro Route 75 was hit in the torso but was able to walk to a gurney to be transported by paramedics, according to Kenneth Price, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587, who said he was en route to the hospital, the Seattle Times reported.

According to media reports, police are responding to several locations in the area. Sand Point Way Northeast is blocked in all directions between Northeast 115th Street and Northeast 125th Street, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation, as cited by the Seattle Times. Police have asked people to avoid the area.

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According to the local authorities, two persons confirmed killed in the shooting and other two remain in critical condition.

 

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