SEATTLE – No arrests have been made after a shooting left a 19-year-old man dead and a second man in critical condition early Saturday morning in the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone – also known as CHOP.

Police say the shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. at 10th Avenue and East Pine Street. Two victims were taken to Harborview Medical Center by volunteer medics in the CHOP area.

Police are still investigating the circumstances that lead to the shooting.

In a statement released to media Saturday night, representatives with CHOP that said the individuals involved in the shooting may have had previous history and that it seemed to escalated because of "gang affiliations". They say deescalation teams with the CHOP were en route before the shooting occurred.

Jake Gravbort was in the area Saturday morning when the shots were fired. Gravbort said he heard the sound of gunshots and immediately ran over to the area to help.

When he arrived at the scene, Gravbort said volunteer medics were performing CPR on Horace Lorenzo Anderson, 19. After what seemed like 10 minutes, Gravbort said Anderson was loaded into a car by the CHOP volunteer medics and driven to Harborview Medical Center.

According to the statement from CHOP, "the medical teams on location made the decision that life-saving interventions were needed that were not able to be administered on scene, and seeing as Seattle Fire was on scene and actively refusing to treat Anderson. Seattle Police was awaiting additional units to arrive and make tactical entry of the CHOP."

The statement continued to say, "Medics having realized that transporting him to the trauma center less than 10 blocks away was going to be faster than Seattle Fire, or Police, then transferred the shooting victims into a privately owned vehicle to transport to the hospital where the subject was pronounced dead upon admittance."

According to Seattle Police, officers arrived on scene and attempted to find the victims but where met by a "violent crowd that prevented officers safe access to the victims." CHOP responded by saying "No one within the CHOP denied entry to PD within any organizational capacity. Officers deciding on their own not to enter an area is not the same as being denied entry."

Police said ANderson was declared deceased at the hospital. A spokesperson with the Harborview says the second male is in critical condition.

A vigil is now growing near where Anderson was shot -- with people lighting candles and leaving behind messages.

The shootings have left some outraged and up in arms that the city has yet to step in.

Victoria Beach from the African American Community Advisory Council said “I’m so mad at the mayor. I feel like she might as well have had her hand on that gun because she’s allowing this.”

Nancy Douglas lives on Capitol Hill near the CHOP. She says Capitol Hill has always been one of the most liberal neighborhoods and supports movements like this but that there is a limit. "We need to do our job which is to keep property safe and keep people safe," Douglas said.

A spokesperson with Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office released a statement Saturday evening that said “The Mayor has been in close contact with Chief Scoggins, Chief Best and SPD regarding incidents on Capitol Hill and West Seattle. The primary duty of SFD and SPD is to ensure public safety in all parts of the City.”

And for those who were there, they say it will have a lasting effect on everyone.

“I know that I am incredibly sorry that that happened and that we weren’t able to provide a safe space for his life,” Gravbort said.