Tag: CHOP

16-year-old boy dead, 14-year-old wounded in shooting in Seattle’s occupied protest zone

Protests

A 16-year-old boy was killed and a 14-year-old boy wounded Monday morning in a shooting on the edge of the protest area known as CHOP in Seattle’s Capitol Hill area. According to the Seattle Times, police said they believed the two teens were in a white Jeep Cherokee seen in surveillance footage colliding with a …

Police

June 21, 2020

SEE IT: Just released body cam footage shows Seattle police try to enter CHAZ autonomous zone after fatal shooting

Seattle police have released edited video, mostly from officers’ body cameras, showing their attempt to gain access to the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) Saturday night in response to a fatal shooting. After the shooting, police “were met by a violent crowd that prevented officers’ safe access to the victims,” the Seattle Police Department said …