UPDATE: The deceased shooting victim has been revealed by Seattle police to be a 16-year-old boy.
UPDATE: 16-year-old killed in CHOP-area shooting this morning. 14-year-old still receiving treatment at Harborview for gunshot injuries. https://t.co/kleQnuZP7x
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) June 29, 2020
One person is dead and a 14-year-old is in critical condition following a fifth shooting in the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP).
According to witnesses, a white SUV drove into Cal Anderson Park in an attempted drive by shooting and CHOP “security” returned fire. CHOP “security” is made up of armed of armed protesters.
However, from pictures on the scene, the windows of the SUV appear to have been rolled up at the time they were shot out calling into question the initial reports.
Another shooting in #CHOP overnight. Witnesses report that a white SUV drove into Cal Anderson Park firing shots, then armed protesters (acting as CHOP security) opened fire on the SUV. Two in critical at Harborview. @SeattlePD is investigating. #Q13FOX pic.twitter.com/7YaayKqsur
— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) June 29, 2020
The victims were brought to Harborview Medical Center by CHOP “medics” at 3:30 AM
The aftermath of the second deadly shooting at Seattle’s “CHAZ” show blood and bullet holes all over the ground and car.
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 29, 2020
“CHAZ” is three weeks old today. pic.twitter.com/xuuxqycjQU
The shooting comes as CHOP faces an uncertain future. On Friday, crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation arrived to begin dismantling CHOP but they were met by protesters. According to one report, occupiers pulled a gun on them.
The city's crews sat around all day Friday and eventually left as negotiations continued between various protests groups and Mayor Jenny Durkan. The crews did not return over the weekend.
Want a taste of what life would be like if you abolished the @SeattlePD ?
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) June 26, 2020
City workers sent to clean up the #CHOPCHAZ but cant because occupiers won't leave. They were kind enough to let them pick up the garbage from the homeless encampment CHOP has become pic.twitter.com/ZOp6E6gvwO
Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant's Democrat Socialist of America, a local Marxist group, organized a protest in front of the Mayor’s home on Sunday. The Mayor’s address is unlisted and even redacted on Google Maps due to her past service as a US attorney but this did not stop the local Democrat leadership from doxing her address.
Durkan, along with Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and City Attorney Pete Holmes were named in a second lawsuit this week against the city for allowing the ongoing violence and occupation of Capitol Hill. The first was brought by business owners with the occupied zone.
With increasing attacks and multiple groups claiming to represent the CHOP, negotiations at this time appear to have yielded no results.
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