A Person was Shot at Tonight’s Milo Yiannopoulos Protest (Updated)
UPDATED 11:00 p.m. PST: Mayor’s statement.
A person was shot in the abdomen at the University of Washington campus tonight at a protest. Breitbart editor and white supremacist Milo Yiannopoulos spoke at the University of Washington today on his Dangerous Faggot tour.
Yiannopoulos took the stage at 8:25 p.m., and the shooting took place five minutes later at 8:30 p.m. Yiannopoulos briefly interrupted his lecture, but restarted it shortly thereafter:
News racing through Yiannopoulos crowd that there was a shooting outside. "Stay in your seats, I'll be right back." Milo leaves.
— Katherine Long (@katherinelong) January 21, 2017
Yiannopoulos returns to stage, says he thinks the show should go on. "if we don't continue, they have won." Crowd cheers, stands.
— Katherine Long (@katherinelong) January 21, 2017
His speech ended at 9:20 p.m., but Seattle Police held the audience for 20 minutes before letting them leave—after telling them to remove any pro-Trump hats or merchandise before they left the auditorium.
The victim’s name and condition have not been released, however the Seattle Fire Department said it was an 25-year old male with a possible life-threatening injury.
According to the Seattle Times, the police are searching for the gunman. They believe he is a 50-year-old man, who is an Asian who is 5-foot-7, 190 pounds, without facial hair, last seen wearing glasses, a yellow Champion baseball cap, a black leather jacket and possibly a maroon shirt.
Openly gay mayor Ed Murray released the following statement:
Seattle mayor @MayorEdMurray issued this statement on tonight's @UW shooting: pic.twitter.com/fMpdYiUMa9
— Jessica Lee (@jessleeST) January 21, 2017
We will update this story as we find out more.
Featured image via Matt Mrozinski/Twitter)
