Video captures a white Jaguar driving into a small crowd of demonstrators on a closed highway in Seattle, hitting two women and launching them into the air.
Two Black Lives Matter protesters have been seriously injured by a car driven through a small group of demonstrators in Seattle.The suspect was later identified as Dawit Kelete, a 27-year-old old black man from SeattleA 27-year-old man is alleged to have driven a white Jaguar through a closure blocking a freeway and into the crowd at 1:40am on Saturday, hitting the two women.
The victims, Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle, was listed as being in critical condition, while Diaz Love, 32, of Portland, was listed as serious.Video released on social media showed the car striking the two women and launching them into the air. The driver fled the scene but was apprehended soon afterwards with the help of a protester who took chase in another vehicle.The suspect was later identified as Dawit Kelete, a black man from Seattle who studied business and commerce at Washington State University between 2011 and 2017.Local officials were trying to determine the motive for the attack on the freeway, which has been shut for the last 19 days due to protests.
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