SPD is asking for help identifying these “persons of interest” in a June 20th shooting at 11th and Pike (Image: SPD)
Seattle Police says its investigation has thrown a shooting victim’s story into question and that detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying “several persons of interest” in the incident that took place on the edge of the CHOP protest zone in June
The new information is related to the second shooting on June 20th, the night 19-year-old Lorenzo Anderson was gunned down at 10th and Pine.
Another victim from that deadly night was reportedly found shot at 11th and Pike. SPD reported the incidents as a single shooting and media outlets included that information in their reporting. KIRO later broadcast new details from the second victim in his account of a previously unreported second shooting perpetrated by group of men a block from the first shooting just off E Pike. “I’m not sure if they were Proud Boys or KKK,” the 33-year-old victim told KIRO.
Police say video evidence shows the victim was with a group of people just before he was shot. But SPD says that Homicide and Bias Crimes Detectives found “some of his statements did not align with details they gathered from evidence found at the scene.”
Tuesday, SPD posted video and images of the group and says they may be associated with a grey or silver Jeep Wrangler. Anyone with any information on the incident is asked to contact the Seattle Police Department Violent Crimes tip line at (206) 233-5000.
There have been no further updates and no arrests announced in the Anderson homicide case. Anderson was remembered as a student at Renton High with hopes of a hip hop career. There have also been no arrests or updates in the June 29th deadly shooting that killed 16-year-old Antonio Mays, Jr. and sent a second teen to the hospital in reported critical condition.
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Interesting that the 38 year old was also shot quite badly and repeatedly 1 year before the recent shooting.
“I’m not sure if they were Proud Boys or KKK”
Yeah, that was funny.
When I think of KKK or Proud Boys, I think of the pictured men.
When the victim blamed his shooting on “Proud Boys or KKK,” I wondered about his truthfulness…..not that it couldn’t be true, but as far as I know there is no KKK in our area.
Now, the “no-snitch” rule will be in effect, and this will hamper the SPD’s investigation.
let’s not pretend that blaming black dudes hasn’t been the standard protocol since forever