This edition of This week in CHS history falls on the first anniversary of a terrible moment from last year’s months of activism and uprising.

On July 4th, 2020 just after 1:30 AM, Summer Taylor was struck and killed by a driver who sped through a Black Lives Matter protest on I-5 just below Capitol Hill. The 24-year-old member of the Capitol Hill community is remembered as an activist, friend, and coworker. “They were always the first one to call people out for being sexist, racist — standing up for queer and trans people, basically anyone who needed to be stood up for, they were the ones there that were so vocal,” a friend said. Driver Dawit Kelete was ordered released from jail earlier this year as he awaits trial on charges of vehicular homicide. Taylor’s family is part of a massive personal injury, wrongful death, and civil rights lawsuit brought by protesters against the City of Seattle and state.

Taylor’s death is one of three tragic losses remembered from the summer weeks of protest and tensions as Seattle Police chose to retreat from areas around the Capitol Hill protest zone.

19-year-old Lorenzo Anderson, shot and killed in a personal quarrel at 10th and Pine early on Saturday, June 20th, is remembered as an aspiring rapper and typical kid who liked to talk music and sports at Renton High. “It’s sad because he had so many things he wanted to do. I know a lot of his peers –they are very sad. It’s crushing,” Renton High dean and basketball coach Rashaad Powell told CHS. Anderson’s family has also sued the city.

16-year-old Antonio Mays, Jr. was shot and killed and a 14-year-old he was riding with with suffered serious injuries as camp security reportedly opened fire on the stolen jeep that was speeding around the camp zone early on the morning of Monday, June 29th. Known as Rico, Mays, Jr. was a runaway who had come to see the excitement of CHOP and meet up with a friend.

Now, here are the top stories from this week in CHS history:

 

Driver smashes into Seattle Black Lives Matter crowd during I-5 protest — UPDATE: One dead

Independence Day in Seattle: A 4th of YouLie rally in the Central District as coalition marks win vs. ‘predatory development’

Confederate memorial in Capitol Hill’s Lake View Cemetery toppled

Capitol Hill and Cal Anderson reopen after CHOP leaving artists and activists wondering what Black Lives Matter promises will be kept

 

No mystery — Capitol Hill’s mystery soda machine is still missing

After 19 years of tapas and date nights, Capitol Hill’s Tango has closed

Madison Bus Rapid Transit design changes rolled out as project nears planned 2020 start of construction

 

Pikes/Pines | The great Capitol Hill eastern cottontail mystery of twenty eighteen

At least one person shot as gunfire rattles Central District’s Midtown Center

 

With new location in works, Purr plans 11th Ave ‘Going Away Party’

Ollie Quinn bringing Canadian eyewear fashion to the Pike/Pine ‘neighbourhood’

 

MTV asks Capitol Hill business owners to sign Real World filming agreements

Unwanted Airbnb guests ransack Capitol Hill apartment

Here’s why Capitol Hill Station’s escalators were reversed

 

Everyday Music out, fashion and home goods boutique in as Elliott Bay Book Co. neighbor

Harvard Ave getaway for Broadway US Bank robber

Adventure beneath your feet: What to watch for as Hill’s light rail tunneling begins

CHS Pics: Ba Bar debuts on 12th, Saizen Sushi opens on Broadway

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