The gunfire erupted along the 500 block of 2nd Avenue in the heart of downtown Seattle, a stretch that overlaps with Pioneer Square and regularly draws late-night crowds. The area has already seen serious incidents in recent years, including a deadly shooting in May 2025, as reported by KUOW.

A demonstration was blocking traffic in downtown Seattle, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) reported at 5 p.m. Monday. However, SDOT announced around 6:45 p.m. that demonstrators had cleared out. The gathering appeared to be an “ICE Out for Good” protest headed to the Federal Building, as posted online.

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The traffic impacts came as hundreds of demonstrators marched through neighborhoods across the Seattle area earlier in the day.