Several Shot Near Seattle's Space Needle, Police Investigate

Seattle police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred Sunday night near the city's iconic Space Needle. The Seattle Police Department confirmed multiple victims and reported that shots were fired at the Seattle Center, a popular tourist destination.

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Police are investigating a shooting. Multiple shooting victims. Shots fired at the Seattle Center. Please avoid the area.

Authorities urged the public to avoid the area as they responded to the scene. As of the initial reports, police had not released further information concerning the exact number of victims, the severity of their injuries, or whether any suspects had been apprehended.

The Seattle Center, which houses the Space Needle, Climate Pledge Arena, and is adjacent to the Bite of Seattle food festival, was busy at the time of the incident. Witnesses at the scene described hearing multiple shots, initially mistaking them for fireworks before realizing a shooting had occurred and fleeing the area.

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At first, thought there were fireworks, and then everybody flooded and ran past us.

One witness reported seeing at least one person receiving CPR. Another described the chaos, stating, "Everybody started running, and so we just ran too." The incident caused significant alarm in a typically bustling area.

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Everybody started running, and so we just ran too, and we ran through the garden and we ducked and we decided to keep running with the crowd until we got- I looked up for the Space Needle to try to keep track of where we were. It was really scary.