One of the victims of the Seattle Center shooting has been identified as Junior Cee Niko Semo, 19, who was also among one of the shooters. Police said that at least three people opened fire. A 15-year-old boy has already been arrested, and police are searching for another suspected gunman.
Semo was one of the three people killed at a food festival at a Seattle arena, just a block from the city’s iconic Space Needle, Sunday night, July 26. The incident reportedly took place at the Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival.
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The two other people who were killed, besides Semo, were identified as Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba, 44, and Ashley Whitehead, 56, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. According to officials, all three of them died from gunshot wounds and their deaths have been ruled homicides. Villalba and Semo were pronounced dead at the scene, and Whitehead died later at Harborview Medical Center. All of them were residents of Seattle.
Who was Junior Cee Niko Semo?
A police report filed with the court stated that detectives believe the 15-year-old suspect and Semo exchanged gunfire during the incident. It said that “at least one other unknown suspect” was also involved in the shootout.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office said that Semo had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, per KOMO News.
