Just another Saturday night outside the Space Needle
This silver G8 is LOUD. There have to be at least 150 people now out of their cars watching
This dude must have fresh tires. He’s absolutely slaying them while throwing flames from his exhaust. The crowd cheered loudly once he finally stopped
A few near-misses between this Mustang and Chevy truck just now. Given that police are tied up with protesters, I’m guessing this is a low priority. No sign of cops over the course of the last half hour
Normally, we do our live shots from this balcony...not tonight. It’s been close to an hour since this kicked off. A newer Camaro now getting in on the action
UPDATE: The driver of this red Mustang just hit multiple people and at least one car. It’s back bumper is hanging off. People are now jumping on another car. Wow
Here’s the moment that Mustang driver hit those people as well as a car (pretty sure it’s a Nissan 350Z)
It’s been a little more than an hour now, no cops in sight. So for now, here’s a dose of early-90s German engineering
UPDATE: Another person was just hit, this time by the driver of that red Campari
Seconds after that person was hit, another Camaro enters the ring. In the midst of the donut-spinning, the driver popped at least one rear tire. A close enough look and you can see some sparks
*Camaro
Aaaaand here comes @SeattlePD. The white Camaro has a flat. Someone brought out a jack to swap the wheel out. And now a white truck is doing donuts. What an evening it’s been
“Pit crew” working to change out that tire. Tandem donuts continue. Police blaring sirens. They’re not able to get anywhere remotely close to the action because there are cars literally parked down Broad all the way to Denny
Here’s the clip of that second spectator collision
Now begins the very slow moving, very congested, very rev-heavy caravan out of here. I sincerely hope no one was seriously hurt. Thanks for following along
And while I shouldn’t have to say it, I will. This was NOT related to any protests happening in Seattle tonight. These sideshows go down once or twice a month, at least during the summer months
Oh, and one more note: I was just informed lots of talk radio shows and other “outlets,” including @MrAndyNgo, are picking up this video without my permission, spinning it worse than the tires in this thread. To be clear, I’ve only given two news agencies the green light to share
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Stabbing investigation has shut down 4th Ave between Battery and Vine, @SeattlePD working to find the attacker. This happened at an apartment building, officers seen coming out of Centennial Tower and Court Apartments #KOMONews
UPDATE: @SeattlePD reports two people have life-threatening injuries stemming from this, suspect barricaded in an apartment. Police also saying “some evacuations in the building” #KOMONews
UPDATE: The person wanted in these stabbing attacks is now in custody and she will be booked into the King County Jail. Both people stabbed taken to @harborviewmc (one already had surgery and their status has been upgraded to “serious) #KOMONews
Lots of police and deputies at this shooting scene, including KCSO, @BurienPD and @AuburnWAPolice. This is all taking place along 8th St SE between D and F St #KOMONews
UPDATE: A 32-year-old man died in this shooting. A deputy was flagged down at the nearby Brown Bear Car Wash for a “domestic violence situation.” At some point after that, a deputy shot that man. No details as to what lead up to shooting/if that man had a weapon #KOMONews
We’ve made it to Portland where the skyline is barely visible from the east side of the Willamette, the air quality here tonight is “hazardous.” With the fires burning in Oregon, upwards of 500,000 people have had to evacuate their homes. That’s 10% of the state’s pop #KOMONews
This just buzzed on @AdrianKOMONews’ phone. Looks like it came out about 40 minutes ago. Having lived and worked in Portland for 4+ years, it’s hard to imagine a town like Canby under a “BE SET” notice #KOMONews#LiveOnK2
BREAKING: @ClackCoSheriff enacts curfew beginning tonight in less than an hour. We’ve made it to Molalla, under a “GO NOW” evac warning, where people are dropping off food and water at the fire station #KOMONews#LiveOnK2
A look at opposing rallies in Shelton this afternoon. On one side, a “Back the Blue” crowd. On the other, Black Lives Matter. Plenty of police, open carry and chanting going on. BLM supporters have marched to the Mason Co Juvenile Detention Center #KOMONews
Police breakup a group of people getting chippy. Haven’t seen any violence so far. I did speak with one woman with the BLM group who’s from Shelton. She says she’s disappointed to see the “racism” in the place she grew up #KOMONews
Arguing at this parking lot, a group of pro-Trump supporters say if law enforcement wasn’t present, these protesters “wouldn’t be standing here.” Each side trying to drown out the chants of the other #KOMONews
NEW: The arrest warrant affidavit, as well as the search warrant for Michael Reinoehl has been unsealed. He was to be charged with Second Degree Murder and Unlawful Use of a Weapon. Documents also go over timeline of Aug. 29th shooting in Portland #KOMONews
Surveillance footage shows Reinoehl, in the white shirt, walking ahead of Danielson and then inside a parking garage. Detectives say the shooting happened shortly after this but wasn't caught on this camera #KOMONews
Per court docs, one spent .380 casing was found nearby as well as a can of 'Bear Attack Deterrent' near Danielson's body. A handgun was on Danielson's waistband, loaded with 19 rounds. Three additional and fully-loaded magazines were found in the pockets of his shorts #KOMONews
A look down 3rd Way SE from School St. SE. It’s hard to make out much of anything between how dark it is and the flashing lights. It appears as though the windshield of this truck has bullet holes in it #KOMONews
Speaking now, PIO with @ThurstonSheriff. “There was a confrontation,” shots were fired into vehicle. “We are not confirming the involved identity” of man killed, only saying he had an outstanding warrant for homicide #KOMONews
There were four members of that Apprehension Team that fired their weapons. “Not confirmed” if suspect “actually fired.” Were told this whole thing happened very quickly from the time he left the apartment to the shots being fired #KOMONews