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Authorities are looking for the person responsible for firing at least six shots in the downtown Seattle bus tunnel Tuesday night. (AP Photo/file)

Shots fired in downtown Seattle bus tunnel

BY Chris Sullivan  on January 2, 2013 @ 10:44 am (Updated: 10:50 am - 1/2/13 )

Authorities are looking for the person responsible for firing at least six shots in the downtown Seattle bus tunnel Tuesday night.

Bicycle officers heard the shots about 11:40 p.m. and rushed into the tunnel.

"We heard it. We responded. There were people that were fleeing but everybody that we talked to said, ‘I was running because I heard the shots.' Nobody is admitting to seeing the actual shots fired," says Mark Jamieson with the Seattle Police Department.

Officers were able to find evidence at the scene that indicates shots were fired.

"Both our officers and King County deputies located at least six spent shell casings and some bullet fragments inside the mezzanine level," says Jamieson.

Detectives are reviewing surveillance footage from the tunnel and nearby businesses to try and identify the shooter.

No one was hurt in the incident.

Chris Sullivan, KIRO Radio Reporter
Chris loves the rush of covering breaking news and works hard to try to make sense of it all while telling stories about real people in extraordinary circumstances.
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Only My Opinion............
    January 2, 2013 10:21 am
    Make guns available at the entrance of the bus tunnel for all people entering so that when a shootout at the OK Corral occurs, the playing field will be level.

    Problem solved.

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  • shark75 wrote...
    I thought firearms were prohibited in the bus tunnel.
    January 2, 2013 10:26 am
    Weird man...really, really weird. Any law abiding citizen knows a stray bullet could kill someone. They probably feel really bad about what they did.
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  • deltta wrote...
    Stay away
    January 2, 2013 10:32 am
    From Seattle.......... nobody follows the rules
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  • CH wrote...
    A republican unhappy with the FC results? . . . .
    January 2, 2013 11:36 am
    staying in the basement for a few days. I have put myself under lockdown.
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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    disconnect between SPD and citizens
    January 2, 2013 11:46 am
    "nobody is ADMITTING to seeing the shots fired?" so SPD is calling everyone a bunch of liars? maybe people were busy diving for cover as opposed to taking notes and pictures.
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  • manabouttown wrote...
    dori monson fan you're smarter I hope
    January 2, 2013 12:06 pm
    "Admitting" might not be quite the right word, but no one smart enough would think that the SPD is calling those citizens running away from the scene liars. However, I think "admitting" just means that no one actually "could" admit it because they didn't see it. They just heard it. comon dmf, think about it.
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  • cw1997 wrote...
    Gee
    January 2, 2013 11:57 am
    I thought this would have been a Gun Free Zone....guess that just is not working as "billed" - Let's ask Mayor McSchwin.
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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    man a.t.
    January 2, 2013 1:17 pm
    it's a common theme with spd. they talk about the "no snitch" policy a lot. they say there were lots of witnesses of tuba man's beating death but since no one would come forward to testify they had to let the kids get away with murder. but it is a self perpetuating problem. seattle likes to hug thugs, so if someone does testify against the thugs and we let them out three months later guess who the thug is going to go after first. of course no one will testify. who wants to be the next deshawn millikin?
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