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Title: 10 people shot at Kent (La Raza) car show
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Seattle Times
URL Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ht ... ws/2015710060_shooting24m.html
Published: Jul 23, 2011
Author: Emily Heffter and Mike Lindblom
Post Date: 2011-07-24 00:50:13 by Hondo68
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At least 10 people were shot Saturday afternoon in the 23200 block of Pacific Highway South, a Kent Fire Department spokesman said. A fight at a crowded Kent car show escalated Saturday afternoon, leaving 10 people shot as cars sped away from the scene and frightened spectators ducked into the safety of nearby businesses. Hundreds of people packed the La Plaza parking lot all day before the shooting. At least one shooter fired from the front of the shopping center into the crowd. Patrons and employees in nearby shops and restaurants locked the doors and crouched in back rooms as the crack of gunfire filled the air like fireworks. "First I heard like six shots, then they kept going," said Alejandro Lara, a witness. He said he saw a single gunman firing into the parking lot full of people. Police said they don't know how many shooters there were. No arrests had been made by Saturday night. "People were leaving as we were coming, and victims were our first priority," said Kent Police Sgt. Jarod Kasner. Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg said eight people -- six men and two women -- were admitted to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. "They're all in satisfactory condition," she said. "All conscious and talking." She said ages of the wounded ranged from 14 to 32. The victims, she said, were hit on a foot, leg and chest, among other places. Kasner said a fight broke out just before the shooting. He described a chaotic scene as cars sped away from the La Raza lowrider show after the shooting at about 4:15 p.m. Shop owners near the La Plaza shopping center in the 23200 block of Pacific Highway South said they locked their doors and hid in back rooms while shots rang out. Erica Parker said she was working at a Subway shop near the car show when she and other employees heard gunshots. People started running in, she said, screaming, "He's got a gun!" The employees said one of the victims was a middle-aged man for whom they had made a sandwich a half-hour before. "We could see somebody laying on the ground outside the store," Parker said. Witnesses said the La Raza car show had been going on in the parking lot during the weekend. About 50 souped-up cars were on display, and the event had been crowded all day. A poster for the event said it was a free, all-ages lowrider show sponsored by Lokos music store. Besides a car show, several music groups were scheduled to perform. After the shooting, drink cans and bottles were left scattered as people rushed from the scene. Within an hour, all the cars were gone. At Pro Nails near the scene, employee Tran Tran said she heard a couple of pops, which she thought might be gunfire or firecrackers. Shortly after, a mother with two children went into the store and said she was scared and had been standing right next to a gunman. About 10 people rushed into the back restrooms of the nail shop after locking the front door, Tran said. The owner of a nearby restaurant said an off-duty police officer had just finished a meal with his family when the shooting started. He left to go to his car, but returned to the restaurant and told everyone to get away from the windows. The restaurant owner, who did not want her name in the paper, said she had been intimidated throughout the weekend by the rowdy crowds at the car show. Before the shooting, she said, she saw two men fighting on a corner at the edge of the plaza.
Poster Comment: To make it an even bigger success next year, they should let the victims have guns too.
ELLEN M. BANNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Police officers and others talk in front of a store in Kent where La Raza held their first annual lowrider car show.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
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#2. To: socalv8 (#1)
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#3. To: hondo68 (#2)
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