Seattle police say a 'violent crowd' prevented them reaching two shooting victims -- one whom later died -- inside the city's autonomous protest zone Saturday
Seattle police say a"violent crowd" prevented them reaching two shooting victims -- one whom later died -- inside the city's autonomous protest zone Saturday.
Officers responded around 2:30 a.m. local time Saturday to a report of shots fired at Cal Anderson Park inside the area referred to as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest or Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone , according to a police statement."Officers attempted to locate a shooting victim but were met by a violent crowd that prevented officers safe access to the victims," the statement reads. Police said they were later informed that CHOP medics had taken the two victims to hospital.
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