Update 11 a.m.:
Seattle police and transportation officials indicate the investigation may continue into the evening commute. Check to make sure you can get where you need to go – a three-block radius around Second Avenue and Seneca Street could be closed.
Tweets from police:
Dwntwn workers:If yr office is behind police tape, plz contact officers near police line/show work ID if u can & ask 2pass thru 2 yr office
We’ll have updates on street closures throughout the day and will work with @seattledot to get you info for eve commute
Update 9:45 a.m. from Seattle Police:
A man suspected of shooting a bus driver multiple times Monday morning was shot by police after he fled through downtown Seattle.
Just after 8:45 this morning, Seattle police began receiving a flood of reports that a man had shot a Metro bus driver on the Route # 27 bus near 3rd Avenue and Seneca Street.
The male suspect reportedly stayed on the bus for a short time after the shooting, before he fled on foot through downtown.
Officers spotted the suspect near 2nd Avenue and Seneca, where they shot the man.
Homicide/Assault detectives are currently handling the investigation.
The 67-year-old Metro driver’s injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.
The suspect—who is in his 30′s or 40′s—is in critical condition and is being transported to Harborview.
A 32-year-old officer also sustained minor injuries in the incident, possibly from broken glass.
Update from KIRO-TV:
SEATTLE — A bus driver was shot Monday morning in downtown Seattle and the shooter was arrested blocks away, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.
The shooting took place about 8 a.m. near Third Avenue and Union Street. The scene on Seneca happened about six minutes later.
The suspect, in his 20s, was shot at Second Avenue and Seneca Street and taken into custody. There were also initial reports of a third person hurt, but police did not immediately have additional information.
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9:10 a.m. from Seattle Police:
Shooting happened just before 9 a.m. near Benaroya Hall. The suspect in the incident was then shot by officers. No info on conditions yet.
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A bus driver has been shot downtown, and Metro minutes ago (9 a.m. ) announced that buses using the downtown transit tunnel are on surface streets.
Seneca Street appears to be closed between Second and Third avenues.
Buses can depart the tunnel, but not enter it.
Police car spotted, sirens on, travel wrong way on Third Avenue downtown. Traffic now also snarled on State Route 99 into downtown.
