MojNews-At least one person has been killed and five others, including a ۹-year-old boy, injured in a shooting that happened around ۵pm local time in downtown Seattle, Washington, local media report. 

Th US Police launched a manhunt for a single male suspect, who fled the scene after firing “more than a dozen shots,” according to witnesses. Officers and medics provided first aid to the injured and sent them to a hospital.

The gunman&#۳۹;s motives are unclear. It is the third bloody shooting in downtown Seattle in two days. Earlier on Wednesday, Seattle police officers engaged in a separate shooting with an armed suspect, while on Tuesday, a man was killed in a shooting at the busy Westlake Center mall.