2 dead, 5 wounded in shooting at Seattle food festival

SEATTLE — 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.

Five patients were transported to Harborview Medical Center, including a 56-year-old woman in serious condition, Nuñez said.

A 2-year-old boy, a 23-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman are in stable condition, while a 40-year-old woman had minor injuries, she said.

Hospital spokesperson Susan Gregg said the range of injuries to the four patients involve an arm, abdomen and legs.

A large number of police and emergency crews responded and began evacuating the area around the sprawli ...