An 18-month investigation into the unsolved 2020 killing of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. at Seattle's Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone reveals a chaotic scene where protesters, in the absence of police, shot and killed Mays and injured two others in a stolen Jeep, with no arrests or charges filed despite extensive video evidence.
A joint investigation by The Seattle Times, KUOW, and NPR's Embedded podcast reveals new details about the 2020 killing of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. at Seattle's CHOP protest zone. Mays Jr. was shot by CHOP security after a stolen white Jeep he was in drove erratically, challenging the narrative that he was attacking protesters. His killing remains unsolved.
Antonio Mays Jr., 16, traveled to Seattle in summer 2020 to join the CHOP racial justice movement. He was shot and killed there less than a week later. The case remains unsolved, and this series will investigate key figures, eyewitnesses, and new evidence.
Sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. was shot and killed in Seattle's CHOP protest zone in the summer of 2020, less than a week after traveling to join the racial justice movement. The case remains unsolved.
