“Friendly Fire?” Bernie Sanders Supporter Shot Outside UW Protest

By Bob Owens

An protester a shot a man he thought was a “white supremacist” during a protest outside a speech by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos on Friday. It may have been a case of “blue on blue” violence.

The man who surrendered to police in connection with the University of Washington shooting Friday night was released after telling investigators he fired in self-defense during a campus protest, according to two law-enforcement officials briefed on the case.

No details about any confrontation between him and the critically wounded man were available Saturday. But one of the law-enforcement officials said the man who fired the gun claimed he had been assaulted before shooting the other man, whom he believed to be some type of white supremacist.

The condition of the wounded 34-year–old man improved from critical to serious Sunday, according to Susan Gregg at Harborview Medical Center, where had undergone underwent surgery. Gregg said the man remained in the Intensive Care Unit, but was breathing on his own. His name was not released.

The shooting, which occurred during a protest of a Friday-night speech at Kane Hall by Breitbart News Network editor and provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, remains under investigation.

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Source:: Bearing Arms