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By Dominic Gates
Seattle Times staff reporter
After an argument on a number 27 bus in downtown Seattle, a woman pulled a gun and seriously wounded a man at the corner of Third and Seneca about 12:20 p.m. today.
King County sheriff Transit Police Sgt. Bill Hurley said he believed the man got on the bus without paying a fare and was behaving strangely, "acting a little crazy, mumbling" to himself.
The woman said something critical of his behavior and an argument ensued, fellow passengers told police.
When the woman got off at Third and Seneca, the man at the last moment followed other passengers out at the last minute and rushed toward the woman, Hurley said. She pulled out a gun and shot him.
"I don't know if she'll plead self-defense," said Hurley.
The man was treated on the scene by Seattle Fire Department medical personnel then taken to Harborview Medical Center where he was in surgery this afternoon. Hurley said the man's injuries are "life-threatening."
Seattle Police Department spokeswoman Renee Witt said the woman, who is in her 30s, claimed that the man spat at her.
"She pulled her gun out and shot him once in the chest," she said. Witt did not know if the gun used is a legally-held weapon.
Other passengers disembarking from the bus were on the sidewalk when the shooting happened. Many of them also witnessed the altercation on the bus, Witt said. She said the woman and man did not know each other.
"It seems he instigated" the argument, Witt said.
She said the woman is being interviewed by Seattle Police and may be booked later for investigation of assault.
The driver of the bus declined to talk to a reporter, telling another Metro official: "I'm shaken up."
Sgt. Hurley, who was supervising the scene an hour after the shooting, gave his account based on what he'd heard from his officers and from Metro staff at the scene.
He said Transit Police are routinely called out by Metro drivers with unruly passengers.
"It happens quite a lot," said Hurley. "We get called to deal with these people and get them off the bus."
In this case, he said, the driver had noticed the man acting strangely, but "there was nothing unusual enough for the driver to call us."
The No. 27 bus route runs from Lake Washington near the I-90 bridge to downtown Seattle.
Copyright © 2009 The Seattle Times Company
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009122120_webmanshot25m.html
By Dominic Gates
Seattle Times staff reporter
After an argument on a number 27 bus in downtown Seattle, a woman pulled a gun and seriously wounded a man at the corner of Third and Seneca about 12:20 p.m. today.
King County sheriff Transit Police Sgt. Bill Hurley said he believed the man got on the bus without paying a fare and was behaving strangely, "acting a little crazy, mumbling" to himself.
The woman said something critical of his behavior and an argument ensued, fellow passengers told police.
When the woman got off at Third and Seneca, the man at the last moment followed other passengers out at the last minute and rushed toward the woman, Hurley said. She pulled out a gun and shot him.
"I don't know if she'll plead self-defense," said Hurley.
The man was treated on the scene by Seattle Fire Department medical personnel then taken to Harborview Medical Center where he was in surgery this afternoon. Hurley said the man's injuries are "life-threatening."
Seattle Police Department spokeswoman Renee Witt said the woman, who is in her 30s, claimed that the man spat at her.
"She pulled her gun out and shot him once in the chest," she said. Witt did not know if the gun used is a legally-held weapon.
Other passengers disembarking from the bus were on the sidewalk when the shooting happened. Many of them also witnessed the altercation on the bus, Witt said. She said the woman and man did not know each other.
"It seems he instigated" the argument, Witt said.
She said the woman is being interviewed by Seattle Police and may be booked later for investigation of assault.
The driver of the bus declined to talk to a reporter, telling another Metro official: "I'm shaken up."
Sgt. Hurley, who was supervising the scene an hour after the shooting, gave his account based on what he'd heard from his officers and from Metro staff at the scene.
He said Transit Police are routinely called out by Metro drivers with unruly passengers.
"It happens quite a lot," said Hurley. "We get called to deal with these people and get them off the bus."
In this case, he said, the driver had noticed the man acting strangely, but "there was nothing unusual enough for the driver to call us."
The No. 27 bus route runs from Lake Washington near the I-90 bridge to downtown Seattle.
Copyright © 2009 The Seattle Times Company
