SEATTLE WA May 30 2013
A security guard shot a man Tuesday night after the guard tried to break up a fight in a shopping center parking lot and the man allegedly pulled out a gun, police said.
The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition, officials said.
Witnesses say dozens of people scattered across the parking lot at 23rd and Jackson when shots rang out just after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Investigators say an armed, uniformed security guard was working the shopping center when he saw an altercation near the corner of Starbucks.
He asked the group to leave the parking lot, and the security guard told police that one of the men pulled a handgun and left him no choice but to open fire.
This parking lot and this Starbucks has long been a neighborhood gathering spot; it is always packed, a lot of people around.
Police say it is amazing no one other than the suspect was hurt.
The suspect is listed in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center with life threatening injuries.
Neighbors here say the violence has to stop.
“It’s a shame. It happens all over but when it happens this close to your home you fear it because you don’t know if it’s gang related or you never know if you’re going to walk out the house and never make it back home,” neighbor Greg Beavers said.
Police are asking anyone who saw the shooting or who has any information about what happened to call 911.
Source-q13fox.com