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July 28, 2006

Shots fired at Jewish Federation in Seattle UPDATED -- shooter is Muslim

Breaking

At least three people were shot this afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle by a man a witness said was upset about "what was going on in Israel."

Police spokesman Rich Pruitt said there was one shooter, who was apprehended without incident outside the Jewish Federation Building located on the corner of Third Avenue and Virginia Street. Pruitt said there were at least two victims on the third floor of the building.

Police got reports of shots fired shortly before 4 p.m.

Early reports were that the victims were shot in the stomach.

More:

LGF
Michelle Malkin has a round up of links and reminds us of the murder committed by a moslem at the El Al ticket counter at LAX and how that was consistently downplayed as a mere nut, not an act of terrorism.

UPDATE from Reuters

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A lone gunman burst into a Jewish organization in downtown Seattle on Friday, killing one woman and wounding five others in what authorities were calling a hate crime.

Police said the gunman had been arrested without a struggle inside the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, where the shooting took place, and was being questioned by police.

The gunman is a U.S. citizen, and police said initial contacts with him by phone while he was inside the building indicated that he was a Muslim.

Amy Wasser-Simpson, the federation's vice president, told the Seattle Times in a story on its Web site that the man got past security at the building and shouted, "I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel," before he began shooting


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Posted by Darleen at July 28, 2006 05:27 PM

Comments

If this wasn't a Muslim, the media question would be: "is this the start of a trend?"

Posted by: likwidshoe at July 30, 2006 06:34 PM

If this wasn't a Muslim, the media question would be: "is this the start of a trend?"

Posted by: likwidshoe at July 30, 2006 06:35 PM