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Seattle Police Return to Center After 3-Dead Mass Shooting

7/29/2026

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Seattle Police Department officers and investigators returned to Seattle Center after the Bite of Seattle mass shooting on Tuesday.
The shooting killed three people—Junior Cee Niko Semo, 19; Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba, 44; and Ashley Whitehead, 56—and injured four others while a 15-year-old suspect remains in custody.
Former King County Sheriff Dave Reichert condemned the hours-long delay in updates, noting officials failed to activate the alert system.

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Seattle Police Department officers and investigators returned to Seattle Center after the Bite of Seattle mass shooting on Tuesday.
The shooting killed three people—Junior Cee Niko Semo, 19; Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba, 44; and Ashley Whitehead, 56—and injured four others while a 15-year-old suspect remains in custody.
Former King County Sheriff Dave Reichert condemned the hours-long delay in updates, noting officials failed to activate the alert system.