Man shot in South Seattle after refusing to race

BY MyNorthwest.com  on July 5, 2012 @ 4:39 am (Updated: 8:29 am - 7/5/12 )

Police are searching for a suspect who they say shot a man after he refused to race in South Seattle.

The victim told police he was driving down MLK Jr. Way S. around 2:00 a.m. when a group waved him down at Orcas St. The people who tried to flag him down jumped into two separate cars and chased him to 7700 block of MLK Jr Wy S.

A passenger in a silver or grey BMW fired multiple shots at the victim's car, hitting the driver in the upper thigh.

The BMW and a second unknown car kept going on MLK Jr. Way S.

The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police have provided no description of the suspects.

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  • Chris Halliday wrote...
    What did the perps look like?
    July 5, 2012 5:52 am
    I don't know why a description of perpatrators is almost always kept from the public. The guy who got shot saw, at least, if they were white, black, latino, etc.. What's the big secret? Let the media help in the investigation. It just sounds like the logical thing to do.
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    For clues
    July 5, 2012 7:00 am
    Watch the movie "Fast and Furious 5".
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  • CH wrote...
    Time to gun up . . . .
    July 5, 2012 7:50 am
    race this bullet. It was South Seattle what do you expect?
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    C'mon Man......You're Kidding Us, Right?!?!
    July 5, 2012 8:02 am
    You expect the readers to actually believe that someone was shot because they refused to race?

    Seems like there might be a little more history between to two parties than just a random flag-down to race, a snub of the nose not to race and then 'here come the bullets'?

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  • artimus wrote...
    Odd story
    July 5, 2012 8:58 am
    ...doesn't sound quite right to me.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    MLK Blvd...nuff said.
    July 5, 2012 9:33 am
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj1PtWnbmPo
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  • Seattle is a cesspool wrote...
    I guess the Motha Licka....
    July 5, 2012 1:07 pm
    SHOULD HAVE RACED! Oh... and MLK... nuff said.
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  • Burn_Notice wrote...
    Chris Rock said it best......
    July 5, 2012 10:02 pm
    "You know what's sad? Martin Luther King stood for non violence. And I don't care where you are in America, if you're on Martin Luther King Boulevard, there's some violence going down." ..

    The comedian Chris Rock famously advised, 'If a friend calls you on the telephone and says they're lost on Martin Luther King Boulevard and they want to know what they should do, the best response is ‘Run!’. Source: UrbandictionaryDOTcom

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  • ibedavey wrote...
    No report on the race.....
    July 5, 2012 10:44 pm
    Hmmmm. BMW and guns. Definitely not white.
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