SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Pacific University has confirmed the identity of the student who stopped a gunman on campus, possibly saving lives.
Jon Meis was acting as a student building monitor Thursday when the gunman entered the foyer at Otto Miller Hall and started shooting. A 19-year-old man was killed and two other young people were wounded.
Police say that as the gunman paused to reload, the 22-year-old Meis pepper-sprayed him and subdued him with the help of others.
One of Meis' roommates, Ryan Salgado, told The Seattle Times he seemed to be in shock afterward. A spokeswoman at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center said Friday Meis wasn't injured, but was suffering from mental anguish and was treated and released Thursday.
As of midday Friday, two people wounded in the shooting remain at a Seattle hospital.
Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg said a 19-year-old woman is in critical condition in the intensive care unit. The victim underwent a five-hour surgery for chest and abdominal wounds from a shotgun blast. Gregg said she has shown some improvement but remains on a breathing machine.
Another victim, a 24-year-old man, is in satisfactory condition with pellet fragment wounds to his neck and chin. Gregg said he could be released Saturday. He is a SPU student and Gregg believed the 19-year-old woman also is a student.
A 19-year-old man died Thursday after arriving at the hospital.
Thursday's shooting at recalls other mass shootings in Seattle:
- On May 30, 2012, Ian Stawicki pulled out a gun at Cafe Racer and killed four people before killing a 52-year-old woman in a carjacking. Stawicki killed himself a short time later.
- In July 2006, Naveed Haq drove to Seattle from Pasco in eastern Washington, forced his way into the office of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and killed one woman and wounded five others. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
- In March 2006, Kyle Huff killed six young people who invited him to their rented home after a rave earlier in the night. Huff killed himself when confronted by an officer.
- In 1983, 13 people were massacred at the Wah Mee gambling club in the International District. Two men were convicted of murder and a third man was convicted of robbery and assault.
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