Seattle Police Will Retake CHOP Following Two Shootings, Mayor Durkan Says

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Seattle authorities will take back control over the “CHOP”, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced on Monday, following two shootings that left a 19-year-old man dead and two more people injured.

“The cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the nighttime atmosphere and violence has led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents”, Durkan said at a news conference. “We can still accommodate people who can protest peacefully, who come there and gather. But the impacts on the businesses and residents and community are now too much.”

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