Overview
- A gunfight at the Bite of Seattle food festival left three people dead and several wounded, including a toddler, during the event on Sunday, police say.
- King County prosecutors charged a 15-year-old with first-degree assault with a firearm enhancement and unlawful possession and have asked a judge to move the case to adult court and keep him in secure detention.
- Preliminary ballistics presented in court filings indicate the bullets that killed two bystanders did not come from the Polymer80 'ghost gun' recovered from the teen.
- Shell-casing analysis suggests up to four weapons were fired; officers recovered three guns but forensic work shows only two had been fired, meaning some firearms tied to the shootout remain missing.
- Investigators from local and federal agencies are reviewing surveillance and bodycam video and interviewing witnesses while forensic testing and a detention/hearing process proceed, and the defense says it will oppose the adult-transfer request.