SEATTLE — Police are investigating a shooting in Seattle's Central District Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities said people in two cars were shooting at each other. Police said calls came in shortly after 1 p.m. to report a shooting on 22nd Avenue and East Jefferson Street.
"There was rapid fire then a brief pause and a single shot," said David Armstrong, who heard the gunfire.
Investigators said the vehicles involved are described as a gray Toyota and a blue Toyota. No one was hit by gunfire, but police said a nearby structure was damaged and the blue car involved was damaged.
"A gray SUV was heading down 22nd and a car was going west on Jefferson and a passenger stuck a pistol out the window and started shooting," said Jesse Duvall, who was working 50 feet from the shooting.
"We saw the flashes, it was that close," said Jeff Leonard, who was working with Duvall. "We saw everything."
They said the gunman fired at least a dozen rounds.
Police said it's unclear what led up to the shooting and no suspects have been arrested.
"It's not safe out here," Leonard said. "It's not safe. It's become normalized that shootings just happen out here."
According to SPD's crime dashboard, there have been 10 reported shootings or shots fired so far this year, one of which was deadly.
"I used to live across the street but moved out because it got so terrible," Leonard said.
The shooting, just blocks from Garfield High School, left parents concerned.
"It almost seems like day as usual," said Tania Fernandez De Castro, who has a daughter at Garfield High School. "This seems to be something that's happening now on our local school almost on a weekly basis. How crazy is that?"
Fernandez De Castro got a text from her daughter about the shooting and rushed over.
"It seems like it gets more and more intense as far as the shooting and violence around the campus," De Castro said.
Her daughter is also friends with the girl who was shot last month in a drive-by shooting while waiting at the bus stop outside of Garfield's campus.
"It's shocking that’s our kids realities to be dodging bullets as they're waiting just across the street for the bus to pick them up," De Castro said.
She's since been considering pulling her daughter out of Garfield High School due to safety concerns.
"After today, I'm way closer to saying, 'Ok that’s it we’re done,'" De Castro said. "It's not going to be an easy decision. We like the community. I want to support Seattle Public Schools."
A teacher at Garfield High School told KING 5 the school did not shelter in place during Tuesday's shooting. KING 5 reached out to the school district and is waiting to hear back.
Witnesses to Tuesday's shooting said they would like to see more of a police presence in the area.