Bodycam video shows police response to Bite of Seattle mass shooting
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Seattle, WA - The Seattle Police Department released video Friday of the response to the Bite of Seattle mass shooting at Seattle Center on Sunday.
The opening moments of the video contain no sound as the 30-second buffer begins. Viewer discretion is advised as the video contains violent imagery and responses to medical trauma.
While one suspect in the case has been arrested, detectives are still looking for others involved, police officials said.
Police encourage anyone with information, such as videos or photos from the incident, to contact them or upload footage to their website.
The shooting occurred at 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, on the final day of the Bite of Seattle food festival. Court documents released earlier this week revealed that at least three people were involved in a gunfight in the middle of the festival, and two innocent bystanders were shot and killed in the crossfire.
Those two victims were identified as 44-year-old Carlos Sanchez-Villalba, and 56-year-old Ashley Whitehead. Four others were injured, including a 2-year-old child.
All the injured victims have since been released from the hospital.
A 15-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene and has been charged with assault and unlawful possession of a weapon. Investigators said they discovered the teen was allegedly carrying a Polymer80 9mm ghost gun. However, ballistic testing of the shell casings found at the scene revealed no bullets from the teen's gun were found in the victims upon conducting their autopsies.
A 19-year-old man, identified as Junior Niko-Semo, was also shot and killed in the shooting and was later identified as one of the suspects.
A witness told investigators they heard the initial gunfire from an unidentified "Black male wearing a light blue top" before seeing the 15-year-old remove a handgun with an extended magazine from a bag strapped across his chest and fire multiple shots southbound toward the other person.
The witness said they saw Niko-Semo hit by the initial burst of gunfire from the unidentified man and that Niko-Semo crumpled to the ground. The court documents do not indicate if Niko-Semo was in possession of or holding a gun.
The witness described the 15-year-old's shooting as uncontrolled and said it sounded like automatic gunfire. Police said the witness later identified the 15-year-old as the person officers arrested at the scene Sunday evening.
Investigators said they recovered three guns from the scene, but court documents reveal that casings from multiple firearms indicate at least four guns may have been fired during the mass shooting.
No information about the unidentified third suspect, such a description, have been released.