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City leaders and the Seattle Police Department are facing questions from the Seattle City Council’s Public Safety Committee over communication delays following the fatal Bite of Seattle shooting.Tuesday's meeting will take place at 9:30 a.m. FOX 13 Seattle will bring it to you live in the player at the top of this webpage.An after-action report details that officers took 20 to 30 seconds to take the shooter into custody after receiving the initial call. However, police took five hours to hold their first public press briefing. The report notes that "Senior and Elected Officials distracted sworn staff from completing timely public safety information and on-scene decision making".
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