Newly released videos ahead of a trial related to the 2020 death of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. contradict city officials’ accounts of the incident, suggesting that Mays and a passenger were the targets of gunfire rather than perpetrators. The footage reveals that shots were fired at Mays’ vehicle from a silver Nissan Pathfinder—now linked to the chaotic events in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone—just minutes before he succumbed to his injuries while being rushed for medical help.
The video evidence, alongside hundreds of pages of records, puts significant pressure on the Seattle city government’s defense that Mays was engaged in criminal activity when he was shot. Further complicating the narrative, eyewitness accounts broadcast during a livestream conflict with the city’s portrayal, and key investigative details, such as remarks from lead homicide detective Alan Cruise, challenge the official story that Mays was armed. These revelations deepen the mystery surrounding the unsolved killing and its ongoing legacy in a politically charged environment.
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