A 19-year-old man is dead and another person has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after an overnight shooting inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone in Seattle, police said.
The shooting occurred early Saturday, around 2:30 a.m. local time, inside the zone, which is also referred to as CHOP, according to a statement from the Seattle Police Department.
MORE: Inside Seattle's autonomous zone where residents are trying to 'enact change' 'in a new way'Police said a "violent crowd" prevented them accessing to the victims. They said they were later informed that both victims had been transported to Harborview Medical Center by CHOP medics.
The 19-year-old later died and the other victim, who was only identified as male, remained in the hospital.
MORE: Seattle police chief on autonomous takeover: 'We did not ... abandon the precinct'Police said the suspect or suspects fled and are still at large, and homicide detectives are investigating.
The zone was established June 8 after Seattle police largely withdrew from the Capitol Hill district, leaving a void for protesters.
The protesters seized a roughly six-block area, including the east precinct, to create an "autonomous police-free zone."
Sealed off from outsiders by barricades and patrolled by armed residents, police aren't allowed inside.