Kent, Wash. – We are following breaking news from Kent where a person was killed during a movie at an AMC theater.
KIRO 7 News video from the scene early Tuesday showed officers from Kent, Renton and Federal Way at the AMC Kent 14 station on Ramsay Way. Police have been at the mall since at least midnight when they began receiving 911 calls.
The shooting happened while the suspect and the victim were watching a Transformers movie. According to Kent Police, the attack appears to have been targeted and there is no danger to the public.
No one has been arrested.
KIRO 7 reporter Kevin Ko spoke to some people who were in the theater.
“All of a sudden the police come in and just like I saw the lights go out in the movie theater and I thought it was part of the movie, and all of a sudden they’re like, ‘You’ve got to get out,'” he said. Mikayla Jacobson-Brewer.
Detectives are still looking for evidence.
Some people who say they are relatives of the victim are very upset because they say the victim’s body is still at the scene.
We understand officers are waiting for the King County Medical Examiner to arrive and remove the body.
Officers armed with rifles were seen in the area while others spoke to onlookers.
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