2 wounded, 1 in custody after downtown shooting

One suspect is in custody and another is still at large following a shooting in downtown Bellingham early Sunday morning that left two victims hospitalized.

Shortly after midnight Sunday, two groups of people were fighting near The Underground Nightclub, Bellingham Police reported. Officers were alerted to shots being fired in the downtown area and immediately responded.

Suspect Gawain Orcutt, 23, of Mount Vernon, retrieved a handgun from a nearby SUV, fired in the air, then shot the first victim, 42, striking him in the foot and causing a non-life-threatening injury, a police release stated. He continued to shoot several more rounds at people, damaging a car. 

The initial investigation revealed Orcutt shot the 42-year-old man, then fired rounds at two other people, a 30-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, and then fled the scene, the release stated.

Further investigation and witness accounts revealed a second suspect involved in the fight also retrieved a gun and began firing into the crowd, hitting a 20-year-old man in the leg and causing a serious injury. The two victims, the 42-year-old man and 20-year-old man, were taken to the hospital for further treatment.