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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1785129637406Screen Shot 2026-07-07 at 8.24.12 AM (11).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>SEATTLE, United States — A mass shooting near the Space Needle landmark in Seattle killed two people on Sunday and wounded at least four others, including a child, according to US media and a local hospital.</p><p>Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said one suspect has been taken into custody following the incident in a popular tourist district in the northwestern US city. Wilson had initially said two were in custody.</p><p>Fire department officials confirmed that two people died, according to NBC News and CNN.</p><p>Seattle police said there were &quot;multiple shooting victims&quot; near the Space Needle observation tower.</p><p>&quot;Shots fired at the Seattle Center,&quot; police said in an X post.</p><p>Police are expected to hold a news conference late Sunday.</p><p>Wilson said in a statement that she wanted to &quot;thank the Seattle police officers who responded to the scene and took a suspect into custody.&quot;</p><p>Four patients were being treated at the trauma center facility at Harborview Medical Center, according to spokesperson Susan Gregg: a child, a woman of unknown age who was in surgery, a 23-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman.</p><p>&quot;There was information at the scene, they weren&#x27;t sure if there was more than one shooter,&quot; Gregg said, saying police would provide more details.</p><p>The shooting took place during the &quot;Bite of Seattle&quot; summer festival celebrating local businesses and food vendors.</p><p>A Seattle Times reporter heard several loud pops and what sounded like very rapid gunfire.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong><br/></strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jsv7-rNQosY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>A mass shooting near the Space Needle landmark in Seattle killed two people on Sunday and wounded at least four others, including a child, according to US media and a local hospital.</p>

A mass shooting near the Space Needle landmark in Seattle killed two people on Sunday and wounded at least four others, including a child, according to US media and a local hospital.

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Mass shooting kills two in Seattle: US media

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Published July 27, 2026 01:21 PM PHT

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