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Good guy with gun stops downtown shooter, cold!
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https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/armed-civilian-kills-teen-suspect-downtown-seattle-shooting/281-5f9b926f-7561-4e12-8cee-2280bb6c7ee6
Armed civilian kills teen suspect after downtown Seattle shooting
Police said the teen shot two people before he encountered a 57-year-old
man licensed to carry a firearm, who then shot the teen.
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KING 5 News at Noon
Author: Bridget Chavez
Published: 5:57 PM PDT May 29, 2025
Updated: 8:06 PM PDT May 29, 2025
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SEATTLE — A legally armed civilian shot and killed a 16-year-old boy Wednesday night after the teen allegedly opened fire on two people in
downtown Seattle, according to police.
The shooting happened just after 10 p.m. near First Avenue and Union
Street. Police said the teen shot two people before he encountered a 57-year-old man licensed to carry a firearm, who then shot the teen.
“One individual produced a weapon, fired on the two individuals and then began to flee the scene,” said Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes. “When
he did, he encountered a private citizen that was licensed to carry and
that private citizen fired his weapon, striking the suspect.”
The teen, along with both shooting victims, was taken to Harborview
Medical Center, where the 16-year-old later died. One of the victims has
since been released from the hospital, while the other remains in
satisfactory condition, police said.
Barnes said the teen’s weapon was recovered at the scene. The
57-year-old man who opened fire is cooperating with the investigation
and is not currently considered a suspect.
Detectives are still working to determine what led up to the shooting
and whether the victims and the suspect knew each other.
“We need people to have cooler heads to prevail,” Barnes said. “People who are carrying weapons — just know that our officers are out here, we
are doing proactive patrols.”
KING 5 law enforcement analyst John Urquhart says the case is likely
being viewed through the lens of Washington’s self-defense laws.
“Washington is what they call a ‘no duty to retreat’ state,” Urquhart said. “Other states call it ‘stand your ground.’ The idea is exactly the same — when a person is confronted by a bad guy, he is not required to
back away or run away.”
Urquhart added that the timing and proximity of the shooting will be key
in determining whether the use of deadly force was legally justified.
“Did he intervene when the suspect was running away and a block away —
or when the suspect was still on scene and clearly armed?” he said. “The fact that the citizen was not arrested, was not booked, is not being
described as a suspect, leads me to believe Seattle police see this as a
legal and justified use of force. But again, they don’t make the final decision — the prosecutor’s office does.”
Seattle police are asking anyone with information about the incident to
call their Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.
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