Three people were killed and four were wounded, including a 2-year-old boy, when gunfire erupted at the Bite of Seattle food festival beneath the Space Needle.

Police arrested one suspect and searched for another after an exchange of gunfire at the crowded Bite of Seattle festival.

Gunfire erupted at about 6 p.m. Sunday during the closing hours of the Bite of Seattle, an annual three-day festival at Seattle Center.

Two people died at the scene and a third died at a hospital, according to Seattle police and fire officials.

Four wounded people were hospitalized in stable condition, including a 2-year-old boy; officials said the other wounded patients were adults.

Investigators said they believed two suspects had fired at one another, but had not determined whether any victim participated in the confrontation.

One suspect surrendered at the scene while a second fled; police searched the festival grounds and had not released a description by the edition cutoff.

Assistant Police Chief Tyrone Davis said authorities did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the public despite the search for the second suspect.

Dozens of officers were already assigned to festival security, and some witnessed one suspect firing.

Emergency crews evacuated the surrounding Seattle Center campus as investigators secured the scene.

The festival draws hundreds of food and retail vendors and performers to a dense public space beneath the Space Needle.

The evidence supports a bounded conclusion: Three people were killed and four were wounded, including a 2-year-old boy, when gunfire erupted at the Bite of Seattle food festival beneath the Space Needle. It does not resolve the remaining uncertainty because Police had not released the identities of the dead, a motive, the outstanding suspect's description or a complete ballistic reconstruction. The factual horizon is therefore defined by Identification and arrest of the second suspect and A police reconstruction showing which shots struck each victim.

The current reporting limit is specific: Police had not released the identities of the dead, a motive, the outstanding suspect's description or a complete ballistic reconstruction.

The next verifiable developments are Identification and arrest of the second suspect and A police reconstruction showing which shots struck each victim.