Two separate shootings in Seattle’s ‘autonomous zone’ have highlighted the fragility of the experiment. Victims had to be taken to hospital in private cars because city rescuers would not go inside the potentially dangerous area.
The shootings happened minutes apart on Saturday night inside Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) – also called CHOP (Capitol Hill Organized Protest) – leaving one person dead and another one in critical condition. The tragic outcome for one of the victims may have been influenced by the fact paramedics were unable to reach the scene of the shooting and treat the injured young man on site.
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