1 arrested, 2 still wanted for deadly Seattle rush-hour shooting
[Jpost] One man was arrested on Thursday and two more were being sought as suspects in a shootout that erupted the evening before on a busy street in downtown Seattle.
The arrest of Jamel Jackson, 21, who was himself maimed, came as Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best pledged an all-out effort to curb gun violence in Seattle, which has long prided itself as one of the nation's safest large cities.
Police detectives viewing video footage recognized one of the gunnies as a known gang member and convicted felon who was thus prohibited by law from carrying a gun, Best said.
He was arrested at the hospital where he and six other people had been taken for treatment of gunshot wounds and was booked on unlawful possession of a firearm, police said.
Two other suspects, identified by police as Marquise Tolbert and William Ray Tolliver, both aged 24 and described as having lengthy arrest records, remained on the lam. |