Police Search for Gunman After 5 Injured in Seattle Shooting

Police Search for Gunman After 5 Injured in Seattle Shooting
Medics respond to a multiple victim shooting near Third Avenue and Pike Street in downtown Seattle, on Nov. 9, 2016. Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP
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SEATTLE—A man opened fire on a crowd outside a convenience store in downtown Seattle, wounding five people and setting off an intense police search, authorities said.

Seattle Assistant Police Chief Robert Merner said four men and one woman were hurt after an argument outside a 7-Eleven store near a busy bus stop.

“There was some type of argument that took place, a suspect walked away and then fired into crowd striking those individuals,” Merner said.

Police officers wait near a car near the scene of a shooting in downtown Seattle, on Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Police officers wait near a car near the scene of a shooting in downtown Seattle, on Nov. 9, 2016. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren