I was up at CHAZ/CHOP in Seattle yesterday

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23. There's video by a citizen journalist.

He reported for over an hour while citizen medics tended to the gunshot victims. In addition, Seattle Fire has released a statement.

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/06/20/43944133/one-dead-one-in-critical-condition-after-shooting-at-chop-at-220-am

https://fireline.seattle.gov/2020/06/21/statement-from-seattle-fire-regarding-response-procedures-to-the-area-around-12th-and-pine/

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There is an "official" CHOP twitter account set up by the Solidarity Committee in order to distinguish (in their words) between official and "unofficial and unsanctioned" communications, like those from Voices of CHOP. That helps explain why the members of the collective empowered in an official capacity are distancing themselves from the actions of CHOP citizens who exercise no official power.

According to Seattle Police, officers arrived on scene and attempted to find the victims but where met by a "violent crowd that prevented officers safe access to the victims." ]CHOP responded by saying "No one within the CHOP denied entry to PD within any organizational capacity. Officers deciding on their own not to enter an area is not the same as being denied entry."

https://komonews.com/news/local/community-members-outraged-and-saddened-over-fatal-shooting-at-the-chop

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What a miserable death that poor 19 year old must have suffered. Sunday night's 17 year old shooting victim was much luckier.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/shooting-reported-sunday-night-in-chop-area-1-person-in-serious-condition/