New video evidence upends the unsolved killing of a Black teen at a Seattle protest
An 18-month investigation using more than a dozen videos found no arrests or named suspects in the fatal shooting of Antonio Mays Jr. and two other teens.
- An 18-month investigation by The Seattle Times, KUOW, and NPR's Embedded podcast challenges the narrative surrounding the 2020 killing of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. at Seattle's Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.
- On June 29, 2020, Mays died after being shot seven times inside a stolen Jeep that circled Cal Anderson Park, sparking panic within the 23-day protest occupation.
- Evidence reveals a previously unreported third teenager was in the Jeep, and witnesses describe an individual approaching the stationary, crashed vehicle to fire at close range rather than protesters shooting at a speeding car.
- Six years later, no suspects have been charged in the killing of Mays or the wounding of 14-year-old Robert West, though the Seattle Police Department maintains the case remains active.
- The eight-episode podcast 'We Keep Us Safe' examines how decisions by protesters, police, and city leaders created conditions for the violence, contradicting the persistent narrative that the shooting was an act of self-defense.
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‘Execution’ — Report details video evidence and new witness claims about unsolved killing of teen at CHOP
An image from the livestream video that captured the aftermath of the shooting A joint investigative journalism project from the Seattle Times and KUOW has made new revelations about the CHOP killing of teen Antonio Mays Jr. including an account from a previously unknown witness and video evidence the reporters say mark the killing as an execution-style shooting after a night of drive-by panic around the protest zone. According to the new detail…
A teen was killed at a Seattle protest. New video evidence shows what really happened
An 18-month investigation by The Seattle Times, KUOW and NPR's Embedded podcast and a review of more than a dozen videos from the night of the shooting reveal the most comprehensive view to date of how the chaotic scene unfolded. And they show how a Black teenager who came to join the civil rights movement of his generation — in a zone abandoned by police — ended up killed by a protest movement that thought he was a threat.
New video evidence upends the unsolved killing of a Black teen at a Seattle protest
Hours of video analyzed in an 18-month investigation reveal what really happened the night Antonio Mays Jr. was shot at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, and how protesters mistook him for a threat.
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