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One person is dead and a suspect is on the loose Tuesday following a shooting at a movie theater outside of Seattle, reports say.
The suspect and victim were watching the new movie “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” at 14 AMC Kent Station in Kent when gunfire erupted around 12:30 a.m. this morning, police told Fox13 Seattle.
Investigators told the agency the shooting appears to be targeted and while no suspect has been arrested, there is currently no danger to the public.
“Suddenly the police came in, and like I saw lights moving in the cinema and I thought it was part of the movie, and then all of a sudden they say, ‘You have to get out,'” witness Mikayla Jacobson-Brewer told Kiro7 .
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Police are seen outside the AMC Kent Station 14 theater in Kent, Washington, after the reported shooting. (KCPQ)
“I heard someone ask, they said, ‘Oh, there was a shooting,’ so I rushed to my car, I thought, ‘I don’t want to be here,'” she added.
The mall where the shooting took place will remain closed as of Tuesday, the station added.
The motive for the attack and the identities of the suspect and the victim are not immediately clear.
According to KOMO News, the deceased was 19 years old.
“I saw my brother fall, so I picked him up and carried him,” a witness who identified himself as a friend of the victim told the agency. “That’s all I can say, I tried to save his life.”
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This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Bumblebee, left, and Cheetor in a scene from “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.” The shooting allegedly happened during a screening of the film. (Paramount via AP)
The screening in which the shooting took place began at 10:30 p.m. Monday night, Kiro7 also reported.
Fox News Digital has contacted AMC Theaters and Kent Police for further comment.
Earlier this year, there was another shooting at a movie theater in Pennsylvania, which police believe was a targeted attack.
Luzerne County State Police said in January that the victim was struck by gunfire in the arcade/lobby of the Regal Cinema adjacent to the Laurel Mall in Hazle Township.
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According to Kiro 7, Kent Police was one of the law enforcement agencies that responded to the scene. (Knows police)
The victim, identified as 19-year-old Luis Manuel Luna of Hazleton, later died.
Police said that while the shooting happened in a public place “where people were in immediate danger”, they believe Luna was “specifically targeted” and called it an isolated incident.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
