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Three Killed, Four Injured in Bite of Seattle Shooting

7/29/2026

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Seattle Festival Gunfight

A gunfight at the Bite of Seattle food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle on Sunday killed three and injured four.
The dead were Junior Cee Niko Semo, Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba and Ashley Whitehead.
GoFundMe pages for Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba and Ashley Whitehead raised tens of thousands of dollars for funeral expenses.
Police said a suspect is in custody and that Junior Cee Niko Semo participated in the fight.

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Police Seize Ghostguns

Police said the 15-year-old arrested after the Bite of Seattle shooting used a Polymer80 ghost gun with a 33-round 9 mm magazine.
Chief Shon Barnes reported officers also seized a second 9 mm handgun and a Glock 45 equipped with an automatic-fire switch and a 40-round magazine.
Investigators recovered 14 shell casings of two calibers and, per a juvenile-court filing, now believe at least three shooters were involved.

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Seattle Festival Gunfight

A gunfight at the Bite of Seattle food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle on Sunday killed three and injured four.
The dead were Junior Cee Niko Semo, Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba and Ashley Whitehead.
GoFundMe pages for Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba and Ashley Whitehead raised tens of thousands of dollars for funeral expenses.
Police said a suspect is in custody and that Junior Cee Niko Semo participated in the fight.

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