Seattle, WA (Ballard) - Employee shoots and kills robber

[ATCclears]

A man accused of trying to rob a north Seattle smoke shop has died after being shot by the employee of the business, according to police.

The shooting happened just after 4 p.m. at the King Smoke Shop at the intersection of 15th Avenue Northwest and Northwest 80th Street.

Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz said the 30-year-old suspect attempted to rob the business and shot the employee, who then returned fire, killing the suspect.

The employee, a 38-year-old man, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition.

The suspect was found dead outside of the business, while the employee was shot inside the establishment.

Diaz said nearby community members were able to give medical aid to the employee.

Man dead, employee injured after attempted robbery ends in shootout at Seattle business

One person is dead and another injured after a shooting in north Seattle Monday afternoon.

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[po18guy]

"ROBBER ENTERS SMOKE SHOP, GETS SMOKED."

Diaz said nearby community members were able to give medical aid to the employee.

BWAAAAHAAAAHAAAAA!

 

[kopcicle]

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[Stomper]

Life advice…. one of the main techniques to not getting shot is don't commit robberies.

 

[gmerkt]

Smoke shop, is that like a smoke and vape shop? If so, I wonder if those places are like cannabis stores, which do a lot of business in cash. Which might make them a magnet for robbery. Like bars, cannabis and vape shops seem like places where old people like me who like to keep their nose clean should stay out of.

On the other hand, there are pawn and gold shops that might make attractive targets. These days, most of those that I've been to have locks on the doors and you have to wait to be buzzed in. Some have a little isolation room or cage, an ante room if you will, that gives the people inside time to look you over.

Why would I feel safer going to a pawn or gold store than a bar? Because people going into pawn or gold stores have a purpose in mind (beside robbery, that is). People hanging around bars are just there, passing time and maybe getting up to no good. In general, not making a value judgement. No, not much, as Elvis might've said.

 

[ilostmypswrd]

I wonder how many clips his ghost gun held

 

[Flopsweat]

I wonder how many clips his ghost gun held

Two. One in the pipe and one in the shoulder thing that goes up.

 

[Yarome]

I wonder how many clips his ghost gun held

The better question is how many bullets per round.....

 

[Flopsweat]

The better question is how many bullets per round.....

Depends. Did he have the 30 caliber clip magazine?

 

[Yarome]

Depends. Did he have the 30 caliber clip magazine?

A sad state of affairs when your countries "commander in chief's" only redeeming quality is... comic relief... hu.

 

[Alexx1401]

One more piece of trash taken out. Too bad the other guy got hurt doing it but, at least he took out the trash. This needs to start happening on a daily basis for a while to clean this up.

 

[nammac]

Good guys with guns stopping dirt bags with guns should be given 100% immunity for taking out said dirtbags…

No criminal charges and certainly no civil cases…

 

[JuglansRegia]

Were there any "fully semi automatic" guns involved.

 

[JohnnyMac]

Were there any "fully semi automatic" guns involved.

I wonder how many clips his ghost gun held

It was no doubt an "assault, fully automatic, high capacity, ghost gun".

 

[Flopsweat]

It was no doubt an "assault, fully automatic, high capacity, ghost gun".

Whatever kind of gun it was, you can bet it was homophobic, racist and causes climate change.

 

[kopcicle]

The employee, a 38-year-old man, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition.

 

[Member 53328]

FAFO

 

[ilostmypswrd]

The better question is how many bullets per round.....

Hahahahaha thats way funnier then it should be hahahahaha

 

[Aero Denezol]

blow out the lungs with an AR-14

 

[kopcicle]

The 38-year-old employee was taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition. Seattle police said the employee had "non-life-threatening gunshot wound injuries." On Tuesday a spokesperson with Harborview Medical Center said his condition improved to satisfactory.

Related...

KOMO News spoke to employees at a nearby dentist office who said a bullet traveled across the street and struck a chair inside the waiting room. No one inside the dentist office was injured.

unfathomable...

Lynnanne Nguyen

@LynnanneNguyen
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#BREAKING: 1 dead, 1 injured/in serious condition in shooting at King Smoke Shop near 80th & 15th Ave NW in Ballard.
@SeattlePD
believe they have a suspect in custody
@komonews


Let's run that by one more time.


@SeattlePD
"believe they have a suspect in custody"

oh well