1 Dead 4 Injured at Seattle Jewish Center
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1 dead after shots fired in downtown Seattle
Four reportedly injured at Jewish Federation of Greater SeattleBREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: 8:18 p.m. ET July 28, 2006
SEATTLE - One person was killed and four people were wounded by gunshots Friday afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, local NBC affiliate KING-TV reported. One person was arrested, police said.
A SWAT team was searching the building, looking for any other victims, anyone hiding or any other possible shooters, police spokesman Rich Pruitt said.
The extent of the injuries was not immediately known.
One person was reportedly shot in the abdomen and another in the arm, KING reported, saying they were being taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Police blocked off several city blocks to investigate. It was not known if suspects were at large, but policemen were seen handcuffing someone, KING reported.
Patti Simon was at work at the federation's newspaper on the first floor when she heard screaming, shots and what sounded like furniture crashing on the floor above.
‘We didn't know what was happening’
"We heard this horrible screaming on the floor above us and shots," said Simon, 52, who sells advertising at the paper. "We didn't know what was happening."
Simon called up to her co-workers on the second floor, but got no answer, so she called the police and fled the building.
"People got shot, some of our co-workers," Simon said, her voice shaking. "I just got back from Israel and made it out of there a half hour before the rockets started."
Simon said the federation has security in the building.
"Somebody must have lied their way in," Simon said.
NBC News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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