'Whole sequence probably took a minute' Reuters photographer Lindsey Wasson describes capturing drive-by shooting.
A driver in Seattle, Washington, plowed through a crowd and shoot one protester before being arrested, and another driver in Richmond, Virginia, was arrested and charged with assault and battery.Stunned protesters surround a car that has driven into their ranks. A man is lying on the ground nearby. Another man exits the driver's side of the vehicle brandishing a gun. The protesters back away from him and he runs off and melts into the crowd as medics rush to help the wounded man.
A man exits a vehicle after being shot in the arm by a driver who tried to drive through a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Seattle, June 7, 2020.Wasson, a Seattle native, has been covering the protests in Washington state's largest city since May 31.
"I had maybe just stepped to the main window, and I was looking over the crowd and seeing what was going on. I heard a scream and commotion and rushed to the dirty side window to photograph what was happening in a side street," she said."The whole sequence probably took a minute, it happened very quickly."
"Suspect in custody, gun recovered after man drove vehicle into crowd at 11th and Pine. Seattle Fire transported victim to hospital," Seattle Police wrote in a tweet. A GoFundMe page set up for Gregory said he was recovering in the hospital. Reuters could not immediately reach Gregory for comment. Dan Gregory appears to try and enter the vehicle of a man who tried to drive through the crowd during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Seattle, June 7, 2020.For Wasson, the protests in her home town have been of a size and intensity unlike others she has seen before.
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