The report pointed out many instances of poor communication and a lack of accountability by the police department and the city during the summer of 2020.
A lawsuit filed by the family of a teen killed in Seattle's CHOP zone revealed an email sent by Mayor Durkan calling the death "foreseeable and avoidable."
Family files federal lawsuit against Seattle over son killed in CHOP last summer
Barriers in front of the CHOP. (Getty Images)
The mother of a 19-year-old shot and killed at the CHOP last June has officially filed a lawsuit in federal court against the City of Seattle for the wrongful death of Horace Lorenzo Anderson.
Anderson was shot multiple times in the early hours of June 20. Witnesses say Seattle Fire and Seattle Police stood by and declined to assist the teen as he bled to death. The lawsuit points to video on social media showing a man yelling at a Medic One driver near the scene, saying “You guys could be saving this man’s life right now … He’s dying. He needs your help.”