Posted by
alfredlester on Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:31:00 PM
SEATTLE - People Screamed and ran as shooting erupted at a crowded suburban Seattle parking lot Saturday, leaving 11 people Injured, Authorities and Witnesses said.
The gunfire broke out at a low-rider car show at The Plaza shopping center on Pacific Highway in Kent.
Kent Fire Department Lt. Pat Pawlak Said the Victims Were hospitalized. There Were No Reported fatalities.
Police Have not said what touched off the violence goal Kent Sgt. Jarod Kasner local media Told That fight has broken out just HAD Before the shooting. He Said It Might Have Been gang related and the force&&9;s gang unit Investigating WAS.
SEVERAL suspects Fled the scene in one or more vehicles, Kasner Told KOMO news.There Were no immediate reports of arrest.
Kent Police Officials Did not return calls Immediately from The Associated Press for further Top how.
Harborview Medical Center Spokeswoman Susan Gregg Said eight people - six men and Two women - Were Admitted to the hospital with non-life threatening Injuries.
"They&&9;re all in Satisfactory condition," she said. "All conscious and talking."
She said ages ranged from Wounded of the 14 to 32 same day payday loans. The Victim, She Said, Were you hit a foot, leg and chest, Among Other Places.
In addition to the eight, local new reports Said Three Others Were Hurt. The Seattle Times quoted police as Saying They Were taken to Other Hospitals.
Adriana Velazco, a manager at a Los Cabos Mexican Restaurant in the shopping center, Said she saw two people on the ground the after the shooting.She said That She Did not hear the gunshots goal WAS Told By An off-duty police officer dining at the restaurant to hide in the back of the restaurant patrons Along With.
"We saw people running all over the place," Velazco said. "People were knocking on the door of restaurant order We Were not Allowed to Open the Door."
The car show, listed as La Raza low-rider car show events were Latino website, Allowed participants to display vehicles modified to ride low to the ground.
Kent, Located about 20 miles south of Seattle, Is A mix of suburban Developments and older industrial centers.
Shooting Erupts at Seattle area car show, 11 hurt