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The decision followed days of criticism over how the department handled the release of information about a shooting that killed three people. The police chief in Seattle resigned under pressure on Thursday after days of criticism over the department’s handling of a shooting that killed three people at a food festival near the Space Needle. Mayor Katie Wilson announced the resignation of the chief, Shon Barnes, four days after the attack, which also wounded four people. The shooting quickly became a political test for a new mayor, one of the country’s highest-profile democratic socialists. Critics complained that the police department released information too slowly about the shooting on Sunday night, adding to the confusion and fear of people sheltering in place at the Bite of Seattle food festival, and that the department got some details wrong in initial reports.
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The decision followed days of criticism over how the department handled the release of information about a shooting that killed three people. The police chief in Seattle resigned under pressure on Thursday after days of criticism over the department’s handling of a shooting that killed three people at a food festival near the Space Needle. Mayor Katie Wilson announced the resignation of the chief, Shon Barnes, four days after the attack, which also wounded four people. The shooting quickly became a political test for a new mayor, one of the country’s highest-profile democratic socialists. Critics complained that the police department released information too slowly about the shooting on Sunday night, adding to the confusion and fear of people sheltering in place at the Bite of Seattle food festival, and that the department got some details wrong in initial reports.
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The decision followed days of criticism over how the department handled the release of information about a shooting that killed three people. The police chief in Seattle resigned under pressure on Thursday after days of criticism over the department’s handling of a shooting that killed three people at a food festival near the Space Needle. Mayor Katie Wilson announced the resignation of the chief, Shon Barnes, four days after the attack, which also wounded four people. The shooting quickly became a political test for a new mayor, one of the country’s highest-profile democratic socialists. Critics complained that the police department released information too slowly about the shooting on Sunday night, adding to the confusion and fear of people sheltering in place at the Bite of Seattle food festival, and that the department got some details wrong in initial reports.
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