“We only believe that this is a one, lone suspect involved in this random, senseless act”

Deputy Police Chief Marc Garth Green

Officers pursuing the suspect took him into custody after a brief standoff, police said.

Police initially didn’t explain what the gunman’s motive was or what type of weapon he had used.

“We only believe that this is a one, lone suspect involved in this random, senseless act”, said Seattle Deputy Police Chief Marc Garth Green, according to NBC News.

“We’re outraged at what this suspect did.”

The suspect, who has not been identified, was taken to a Seattle hospital where he remained under guard while being treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to police.

Police said one motorist was killed by gunfire and the other motorist was killed in the collision.

Both were men. None of the victims was immediately identified by police.

The Times reported late last night that the gunman was a 33-year-old Seattle resident.

The man who was fatally shot was 50 and the man who was killed in the collision was 70, it added.

King County’s Metro transit authority said on Twitter the bus driver had activated an emergency alarm to report being shot, and that none of his 12 passengers was injured.

Despite being shot in the torso, the heroic bus driver was able to walk to a gurney to be transported by paramedics to hospital, according to US media.

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