Police say a hostile crowd delayed emergency responders from helping a man as he lay dying from multiple gunshot wounds Wednesday night in the parking lot of a South Seattle fast food restaurant.
The 31-year-old man was fatally shot at a Rainier Beach Jack in the Box, the second gun violence in the same block in a week.
The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center where he died in the emergency room, according to a nursing supervisor. Officers, just down the street, arrived moments after receiving a 911 call reporting gunshots during a disturbance.
A crowd of 25-50 people, gathered in the parking lot, was so hostile that emergency responders were delayed in reaching the victim, said SPD spokesman Mark Jamieson. Jamieson says fire department medics couldn’t reach the man for 5 to 7 minutes.
He says 15 officers were called in to quell the crowd. Jamieson says people in the crowd were posturing, ripping off their shirts and challenging officers to fight.
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2012/05/may-shot-outside-rainier-beach-jack-in-the-box/
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