One shot as armed man drives into Seattle Floyd protest

Police say they arrested a suspect and recovered a weapon after the incident

Medics tend to a man who was shot in the arm by a driver of a black vehicle at a protest against racial inequality. REUTERS

Photojournalist Alex Garland helps apply a tourniquet to the arm of a gunshot victim after a man tried to drive through a crowd and shot one man during a protest against racial inequality in Seattle, Washington. REUTERS

A demonstrator raises their fist as a fire burns in the street after clashes with law enforcement near the Seattle Police Departments East Precinct. Getty Images via AFP

Earlier in the evening, a suspect drove into the crowd of protesters and shot one person, which happened after a day of peaceful protests across the city. Getty Images via AFP

Seattle Police and Washington National Guard personnel retake control of an intersection as demonstrators clash with law enforcement near the Seattle Police Departments East Precinct shortly after midnight on June 8, 2020. Getty Images via AFP

SEATTLE, WA - JUNE 08: A percussion device thrown by police lands near demonstrators as they clash with law enforcement near the Seattle Police Departments East Precinct. Getty Images via AFP

One person was shot after a man armed with a gun drove into a crowd of George Floyd protestors in the north-west city of Seattle on Sunday night, emergency services said.

Footage broadcast by local television station Q13Fox showed the man carrying a pistol getting out of a car near the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct as protestors screamed and fled.

The man strides toward the demonstrators before disappearing into the crowd.

Police tweeted that they had arrested a suspect and recovered a weapon.

"Officers searched, but do not believe there are any additional victims," police said on Twitter.

A man in his twenties suffering a gunshot wound was taken to hospital in stable condition, the fire department tweeted.

Q13Fox said the victim, a protestor, had been shot in the arm after he approached the gunman when he was still inside the vehicle.

The Seattle rally was part of nationwide protests triggered by the May 25 death of Floyd, who was killed when a white police officer pressed his knee on the unarmed black man's neck for nearly nine minutes.

Protestors have turned their outrage over the latest death in custody of an African American into demands for police reform and social justice.

On Saturday, Seattle police used blast balls and pepper spray to disperse protestors who they say threw bottles, rocks and "incendiary devices" during a rally in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood where the precinct is located.

Several officers were wounded, the department said.