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Multiple people were shot Wednesday afternoon near Seattle's Lake City neighborhood, police said.
The shooting happened near 120th Street and Sand Point Way Northeast after 4 p.m.
The exact number of victims and their conditions are unknown.
King County Metro officials tweeted that a bus driver on Route 75 hit their emergency alarm and reported that they had been shot. The injured driver was taken to Harborview Medical Center. Twelve passengers were onboard but they were no injured. Police said one person was detained. When Chopper 7 flew over the scene, another person was taken into police custody. Watch the video below. Witness John Barrett described the scene to KIRO 7. "I was working in the garage, heard firecrackers. And then I opened the door, then I noticed the bus trying to back up extremely fast," Barrett said.
originally posted by: schuyler
Just another day in the Big City dodging human turds, needles, and bullets. Seattle wants desperately to be the next San Francisco. It is succeeding admirably. I avoid Seattle as much as possible these days. I always at least carry Mace. I won't admit to any more than that.
originally posted by: Duderino
originally posted by: schuyler
Just another day in the Big City dodging human turds, needles, and bullets. Seattle wants desperately to be the next San Francisco. It is succeeding admirably. I avoid Seattle as much as possible these days. I always at least carry Mace. I won't admit to any more than that.
I don't see that at all, other than they are both global centers for technology and all tech related businesses. The similarity stops there. I've spent years living and working in both those cities.
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According to social media profiles, the shooter is a University of Washington graduate and a former Microsoft employee. He also worked for the Seattle-based cooking site Allrecipes.com. He attended Everett Community College beginning in 2004, earning a degree in criminal justice, according to that college
originally posted by: seattlerat
Just a few details about the guy that was arrested for this senseless spree of violence:source
According to social media profiles, the shooter is a University of Washington graduate and a former Microsoft employee. He also worked for the Seattle-based cooking site Allrecipes.com. He attended Everett Community College beginning in 2004, earning a degree in criminal justice, according to that college
Patch does not typically identify a suspect before they attend an initial bail hearing.
He has no criminal record, except for a red light camera violation in Lake Forest Park from 2014, and some parking tickets in Seattle.
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The suspect, Tad Norman, is 33-years-old. He was apprehended near Northeast 120th Street and Sand Point Way Northeast. He had minor injuries and was discharged from the hospital and into police custody Wednesday night.
- Shortly after 4 p.m., police said the shooter approached a driver near Sand Point Way Northeast and Bartlett Avenue Northeast. The suspect shot the woman driver, critically injuring her.
- After the woman was shot, police said the suspect walked into the street and fired at a Metro bus going southbound. The driver was on Route No. 75, which was going south on Sand Point Way Northeast to the University District.
- The driver was shot. Twelve passengers were on board, but none were hit.
- The bus driver, Eric Stark, turned the bus around and drove north and into Lake City away from the gunman.
- The bus driver stopped the bus at 32nd Ave Northeast and Northeast 125th Street.
- The first medics were dispatched at 4:06 p.m.
- Police said the suspect, back near Northeast 123rd Street and Sand Point Way Northeast, approached a red Toyota Prius and fatally shot the man driving.
- Police first contacted the suspect at Northeast 123rd Street and Sand Point Way Northeast, but investigators said he sped away in the victim’s Prius. - The suspect collided with another vehicle near Northeast 120th Street and Sand Point Way Northeast, killing the driver, investigators said.
- That’s where police contacted the suspect again and arrested him at 4:34 p.m.
PHOTO SOURCE
Tad Michael Norman – who describes himself as a former Microsoft employee, was identified in jail records and police scanner traffic as the man who went on a random shooting rampage that included wounding a heroic metro bus driver in Seattle, Washington.
originally posted by: seattlerat
a reply to: Guyfriday
There have been some reports that he appeared intoxicated- he fell flat on his face while running and seemed drunk or high while being interviewed by police after his arrest. Perhaps he was under mind control? I seem to remember that a guy killed his wife in an Uber recently, and he was apparently intoxicated. I realize that alcohol and drugs lower a person's inhibitions, but acts of violence like these seem to go beyond what a "normal" person would do under the influence.
Here is a link to the Uber Killing I mentioned: Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Wife on Uber Ride
Born in 1943 in Niagara Falls, New York, Hassan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in chemistry. He joined the Navy before attending medical school, also at the University of Pittsburgh, and later served as a flight surgeon in a variety of postings, his brother said. While stationed in Maine, he was part of a patrol squadron responsible for “primarily chasing Soviet submarines prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union,” James Hassan said.
After serving six years with the Navy, Hassan went into private practice in Maine but soon returned to active service with the Air Force.
He and his wife, Penny, a registered nurse Hassan met while in medical school, raised five children, Jim Hassan said. Hassan was stationed at Howard Air Force Base in Panama and was later the commander at an Air Force hospital in New Mexico