Seattle police chief resigns after criticism from mayor over food festival shooting response

Police Department faced criticism for slow and confusing communication in aftermath of shooting which left three dead and four wounded

Seattle police chief resigns under pressure from mayor over response to festival shooting  cnn.com

The departure of Chief Shon Barnes followed hours of intense speculation about whether he would step down

Seattle’s police chief resigned from his post Thursday, days after there were questions about the release of information following a shooting at a food festival that left two bystanders dead.

After an initial social media post announcing that there had been a shooting, it took nearly five hours for police to provide any additional information to the public, including whether there was any ongoing threat.

Seattle Police Chief Resigns Under Pressure From Mayor Over Response To Festival Shooting  HuffPost

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes has resigned, the city's mayor said Thursday, coming days after a shooting that left two people dead and four injured.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson may oust the city's police chief following public criticism over the response to a fatal shootout at a crowded food festival under the Space Needle

The decision followed days of criticism over how the department handled the release of information about a shooting that killed three people at a food festival.

Seattle Police chief resigns after scrutiny over shooting response  USA Today

Mayor announces resignation of Shon Barnes after city officials faced criticism over response to Sunday shooting Seattle’s police chief has resigned amid criticism of the city’s response to a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend, Katie Wilson, the mayor, said on Thursday. The announcement followed hours of sp

Seattle's police chief has resigned amid criticism of the city's response to a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend, Mayor Katie Wilson said Thursday.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson may oust the city’s police chief following public criticism over the response to a fatal shootout at a crowded food festival under the Space Needle.

Seattle mayor may oust police chief after criticism of response to festival shooting  AP News

The Seattle Police chief has reportedly been fired after coming under heavy criticism for being out of town when three people were killed in a mass shooting at a food festival held in the city.

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes was relieved of his duties by Mayor Katie Wilson on Wednesday night following the mass shooting that took place at the Bite of Seattle food festival Sunday night. FOX 13 Seattle first reported the news after tips from several sources. Scrutiny of the police department intensified after

The 15-year-old arrested after a shootout at a food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend was armed with a ghost gun with an extended magazine, police said.

Police Chief Shon Barnes told a news conference that the weapon was a 9 mm gun from Polymer80 — a now-defunct company that was once a leading manufacturer of ghost gun parts.

Seattle police say 15-year-old arrested in connection with festival shooting had a ghost gun  Toronto Star

Seattle police are hunting for a third suspect being linked to a deadly shooting at a food festival near the Space Needle. CBS News' Carter Evans reports.

TACLOBAN CITY — The mothers of two students killed in the June 22 mass shooting at San Jose National High School welcomed President Marcos Jr.’s tribute honoring them. This gesture was made by the chief executive during his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona). The victims’ mothers, however, stressed that their for

Families grieved on Monday as they remembered the three people killed in a shooting at a food festival.

The shooting incident killed three people, one of them now identified as one of the shooters, and injured four others, including a two-year-old boy, according to Seattle police.

A 15-year-old was arrested after shots rang out at a food festival on Sunday - hours later, some vendors hung around, wondering when they would be allowed to return to collect their belongings