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Shooting at a Seattle food festival leaves 2 dead and wounds 5, fire official says

SEATTLE (AP) — A shooting killed two people and wounded five, including a child, on Sunday evening during a popular food festival near the Space Needle in Seattle, a city fire department spokesperson said. The gunfire erupted around 6 p.m. in the waning hours of the Bite of Seattle, an annual festival that draws hundreds of food and retail vendors and performers. Police were investigating the shooting and urged people to avoid the area just northwest of downtown. Authorities did not immediately say if anyone was in custody. Two people died at the scene, said Grace Nuñez, spokesperson for the Seattle Fire Department.

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Scoop News DeskSeattle, Washington · Published Friday, July 31, 2026 at 3:16 PM UTCUpdated Friday, July 31, 2026 at 8:07 PM UTC

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Bob Ferguson said he was receiving briefings and State Patrol SWAT officers were deployed to assist local police. “My prayers are with the families of the victims, and the responders as they work to keep people safe,” Ferguson said in a statement. A large number of police and emergency crews responded and began evacuating the area around the sprawling Seattle Center events campus.

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SEATTLE (AP) — A shooting killed two people and wounded five, including a child, on Sunday evening during a popular food festival near the Space Needle in Seattle, a city fire department spokesperson said. The gunfire erupted around 6 p.m. in the waning hours of the Bite of Seattle, an annual festival that draws hundreds of food and retail vendors and performers. Police were investigating the shooting and urged people to avoid the area just northwest of downtown. Authorities did not immediately say if anyone was in custody. Two people died at the scene, said Grace Nuñez, spokesperson for the Seattle Fire Department.
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