RENTON, Wash. — People who were inside a Renton movie house are upset they were not evacuated after a woman was shot inside one of the theaters.
- Shooting was at Regal Cinemas at The Landing 8 p.m. Thursday
- Woman shot in shoulder in serious condition
- Witnesses say they saw man fumbling with pistol in his waistband
- Moviegoers in other theaters say they were not evacuated or told what was happening
- Gunman arrested after calling police
The shooting occurred at the Regal Cinemas at The Landing in Renton Thursday night. The victim, a 40-year-old woman, was in serious condition Friday.
Witnesses told police the gunman appeared to be drunk while watching the movie “13 Hours” just before 8 p.m. They say the man stood up, fumbled with a pistol in his waistband, and the gun went off, hitting the woman in front of him.
The man then left, and according to a witness, went to a nearby restaurant where he stumbled and dropped his gun.
"(I was) sitting in the restaurant, guy stumbles in, drops a gun on the floor, looks like a .45 semiautomatic pistol. He starts walking to the bathroom and I get up to tell the management, ‘Hey, some guy just dropped a gun. A real gun,” said witness Fred Granados.