Stunned protesters surround a car that has driven into their
ranks. A man is lying on the ground nearby. Another man exits the driver's side
of the vehicle brandishing a gun. The protesters back away from him and he runs
off and melts into the crowd as medics rush to help the wounded man.
The dramatic scenes of the shooting on the streets of
Seattle were captured by Reuters photographer Lindsey Wasson during protests
against police brutality and racism that have rocked the city - and many other
places across the United States - in recent days.
Wasson, a Seattle native, has been covering the protests in
Washington state's largest city since May 31.
She took the series of pictures on Sunday evening from the
window of a local newspaper that has offices overlooking a street that became a
flashpoint.
"I had maybe just stepped to the main window, and I was
looking over the crowd and seeing what was going on. I heard a scream and
commotion and rushed to the dirty side window to photograph what was happening
in a side street," she said.
"The whole sequence probably took a minute, it happened
very quickly."
Video taken by others at the scene show that the man who was
injured fell to the ground after he appeared to lean into the car. The shooter
handed himself over to the police shortly after the incident.
"Suspect in custody, gun recovered after man drove
vehicle into crowd at 11th and Pine. Seattle Fire transported victim to
hospital," Seattle Police wrote in a tweet.
A police report of the incident obtained by a local NPR
radio station named the injured man as Daniel Gregory and said he had a gunshot
wound to the arm.
A GoFundMe page set up for Gregory said he was recovering in
the hospital. Reuters could not immediately reach Gregory for comment.
The demonstrations were sparked by the death of
African-American George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis two weeks ago,
and have evolved into a movement for racial equality and reforms to police
departments across the country. (Reuters)
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