Seattle, WA
Rowdy street race leaves police car damaged hours before four people were shot in Seattle
A crowd grew rowdy outside an illegal street race in Seattle, with people throwing things and jumping on a police cruiser just mere hours before four people were shot.
The Seattle Police Department released dashcam footage of a large crowd that gathered at the intersection of Broadway and East Pike Street around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
“Initial attempts to disband the crowd were met with resistance,” the police department said in a statement.
Police were called to the Capitol Hill neighborhood for reports of a large crowd and vehicles driving recklessly.
As officers attempted to make their way down the street, they were met with the assemblage standing in a line while flashing middle fingers and filming them.
One man in a tie-dye sweatshirt gyrated his hips with his back to the car before leaning back against the vehicle and posing for a photo.
Quickly, several others joined him, with some climbing onto the hood of the car and throwing thick liquids onto the windshield.
“Sir, they’re climbing on our vehicle,” one officer said over the intercom system.
Officers were told to back up after people removed themselves from the vehicle.
As they backed up, members of the crowd started moving police barriers to further block the street while another man slammed a skateboard on the ground menacingly while following them.
Others threw objects at the squad car as the officers flashed their lights at them.
Three-and-a-half hours later, four people would be shot at the illegal event, according to Seattle Police.
Two victims — a male and female in their 20s or 30s — were found shot at the intersection.
“Life-saving measures” had to be performed on both subjects, police revealed. They were transported to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.
A third victim, a female, was found several blocks away, but “did not remain in the area,” police said. She later arrived at the hospital.
A fourth victim, a male, also showed up to the hospital with “non-life-threatening gunshot wounds,” law enforcement said in a statement.
Additional gunshots were heard off Harvard Avenue and police found one man who said he had been shot at.
Police were searching for the gunman.
Tani Oluwaseyi scored two goals in the second half and Minnesota claimed its first-ever win in Seattle with a 3-2 victory over the Sounders on Sunday.
Minnesota (8-3-6) beat the Sounders (7-5-5) for just the second time in 16 meetings — and won in Seattle for the first time in nine tries. The Sounders also knocked out Minnesota in the 2020 Western Conference championship.
Seattle (7-5-5) dropped its first game at Lumen Field this season, moving to 5-1-2. FC Cincinnati is the only MLS team yet to lose at home.
Minnesota and Seattle combined for four goals in seven minutes, marking the ninth time in MLS history that two teams had four goals in eight-or-fewer minutes in a half.
Oluwaseyi opened the scoring in the 51st minute when he was left alone at the penalty spot for a redirection of Robin Lod’s back pass. Oluwaseyi scored again in the 58th on a rebound attempt for a 3-1 lead.
Lod scored on a penalty kick in the 54th for a two-goal advantage.
Kalani Kossa-Rienzi and Nicolás Romero scored for Seattle.
The Seattle players wore T-shirts before a match that read “Club World Cup Ca$h Grab” to demand a share of the prize money for participating in the upcoming international tournament.
SEATTLE – On the eve of his major league debut, as he unsuccessfully tried to get some sleep, Cole Young’s mind raced through all the various scenarios he might find himself in the next day.
But there was one situation that never crossed his mind.
Perhaps because it would’ve seemed too good to be true.
Young delivered a walkoff in the 11th inning of his first big league game, chopping a grounder to first base that brought home Miles Mastrobuoni for the winning run in the Seattle Mariners’ 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday evening.
“That was unreal,” Young said, still trying to grasp the dream-like whirlwind that had just ensued. “I can’t even describe it. The past 24 hours, it has been insane. I mean, I never thought I would be in that situation hit a walkoff in my debut. That was unreal.
“I didn’t sleep last night,” he added. “I was just thinking of every scenario that could happen, (but) a walkoff was not in my mind.”
Young also picked up his first career hit in the ninth inning. After falling behind 1-2 against Minnesota reliever Griffin Jax, Young dipped down and pulled a low-and-inside sweeper into right field for a single.
And in the 10th, Young helped turn an inning-ending double play that prevented a run from scoring.
It was all part of a highly impressive debut for the 21-year-old second baseman, who was promoted earlier in the day after a scorching month in Triple-A Tacoma, where he hit an astounding five home runs, three triples and 10 doubles over his final 24 games.
“He’s a big league player,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said. “That’s why he’s here, and he made the plays. He did an outstanding job. And that’s not easy to do when it’s your first big league game.
“He was able to go out there and just be Cole Young. It’s just an outstanding ballgame for him and it led to a big win for us.”
Young, ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 43 overall prospect, was drafted by the Mariners as a first-round pick out of high school in 2022. He was highly productive at every level of the minors, all while being one of the youngest players at every stop.
Young was widely expected to reach the majors at some point this season. And after his recent tear in Tacoma, his promotion began to feel inevitable.
But still, Young was caught off-guard when he was pulled in the middle of Tacoma’s game on Friday night.
“Our manager came up to me after the third inning and he was like, you’re going to Seattle tomorrow,” Young said. “And I had him repeat it. I’m like, what? Because I couldn’t believe it. And then he told me (again).
“And so last night I didn’t sleep at all. I was just thinking about what would happen today.”
When Young came to the plate in the 11th inning, the winning run was on third with one out. He fell into an early hole, fouling off three of the first four pitches from Minnesota reliever Cole Sands.
Young then got his bat on a 1-2 splitter and sent a one-out chopper to former Mariners first baseman Ty France. France barehanded the ball and threw home, but Mastrobuoni slid in safely.
It was actually stunningly identical to Young’s walkoff on Thursday night in Tacoma, when he hit a high chopper to first that plated the winning run for the Rainiers.
“It was like the same exact hit, which is crazy,” Young said. “I’m just glad I put the ball in play and good things happen.”
After his walkoff on Saturday, Young was mobbed by his new teammates in shallow left field. Meanwhile, his family and friends celebrated from the T-Mobile Park stands, along with some 37,000 other ecstatic Mariners fans.
“I still haven’t wrapped my head around the game,” Young said, “but it’s been an unreal 24 hours.”
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SEATTLE — One of the Seattle Mariners most elite prospects will finally get a shot at the big leagues.
Top 100 prospect Cole Young was pulled in the fourth inning of a game between Seattle’s Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, and the Salt Lake Bees on Friday. Speculation immediately ran rampant on the reasoning. MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer confirmed soon after the Mariners are calling up the 21-year-old middle infielder.
A subsequent report from Seattle Times’ reporter Adam Jude said that Young is expected to be in the lineup for a game between Seattle and the Minnesota Twins at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Young (No. 46 MLB Pipeline top 100, No. 51 Baseball America top 100) was selected by the Mariners in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft. He’s in the middle of his first season in Triple-A, and has been one of the best hitters in the minor leagues this month.
In 26 games in May, Young has scored 28 runs and has hit 10 doubles, three triples and five home runs with 21 RBIs. He’s slashed .366/.467/.673 with a 1.140 OPS.
Young has scored 39 runs and has hit 13 doubles, five triples and five home runs with 26 RBIs in 54 games this season. He’s slashed .277/.392/.461 with an .853 OPS.
Young had an opportunity in spring training to break camp with Seattle as its starting second baseman, but an arm injury limited him to 12 Cactus League games — six as a designated hitter and another half-dozen at second base. The starting position went to eventual starter Ryan Bliss, who’s out for the season recovering from surgery to repair a left bicep tear.
Young has been considered the team’s second baseman of the future for years. And whether he struggles or succeed in his first stint in the majors, he’ll have a long length of time to prove the organization’s expectations of him right.
MARINERS COLLAPSE IN 10TH INNING, LOSE 12-6 TO TWINS: The Mariners let up six or more earned runs in extras for the second day in a row on Friday and lost the lead in the American League West. CLICK HERE
FORMER MARINERS ALL-STAR TY FRANCE RETURNS TO SEATTLE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE BEING TRADED: First baseman Ty France will be suiting up for the Minnesota Twins on Friday in his first game back in Seattle since being dealt by the Mariners in 2024. CLICK HERE
PITCHING MATCHUPS FOR SERIES BETWEEN MARINERS, TWINS: One of the Mariners’ starting pitchers will return to the fold for a crucial American League matchup. CLICK HERE
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