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Shots fired during bar closing

On 7/11/09 at 1:43 p.m., officers were monitoring the crowds as the bars closed within Pioneer Square. The crowds were leaving the nightclubs and at least a hundred people were loitering in the south parking lot and nearby sidewalk. At that time bike officers heard several shots being fired in the parking lot next to them in the 150 block. of So. Washington St. They observed people running away from the shots and observed a vehicle leaving the scene. The vehicle was stopped, two suspects were taken into custody and the weapon was recovered. No one was injured from the 7 rounds that were fired in the parking lot.