Idiots Shut Down the Seafair Chinatown Parade which included the All-City Band
Here's what we know from the SPD blotter about this Seafair parade in the ID which a Reddit user wrote about:
Seattle PD map shows them receiving a "shots fired" report around 8:11 pm on parade route.
That was about when we saw the one group of dance drill girls get stopped and turned around by police and over their radio of near by police heard Shots Fired and to redirect. A little later heard over near by police radio about a suspicious person with firearm.
The police did not think shots were fired (and to add to the confusion, I guess there was a cannon that the Seafair pirates used.)
The police detained one guy having a gun which turned out to be a replica.
By 9:30ish,
"Police have three individuals in custody and have recovered three firearms. The investigation is ongoing to determine if there are any outstanding suspects."
All-City Band did not complete the route.
The "dance drill girls" is a group that the late Cheryl Chow, formerly an SPS board director, had been in and then coached for decades. They are mostly younger girls so it must have been terribly scary for them.
About the All-City Band:
Established in 1951 by the Seattle Public Schools, the All-City Band has a reputation for excellence in music education, student leadership, and entertainment. The band brings together students from schools throughout the greater Seattle area to entertain in upwards of 20 parades and community celebrations each summer. Its energetic performances and choreography have garnered hundreds of first-place and sweepstakes awards and entertained audiences throughout the Puget Sound region as well as in British Columbia, California, Hawaii, and Washington D.C.
The All-City Marching Band is under the direction of Dr. Marcus Pimpleton, who is in his 31st year with the band and his 21st year as director.
To note, Dr. Pimpleton used to work in SPS but they lost him to another district.
The band averages about 150+ number of kids a year, no tryouts. They went to Washington, DC and marched in this year's 4th of July parade there.
Seattle PD map shows them receiving a "shots fired" report around 8:11 pm on parade route.
That was about when we saw the one group of dance drill girls get stopped and turned around by police and over their radio of near by police heard Shots Fired and to redirect. A little later heard over near by police radio about a suspicious person with firearm.
The police did not think shots were fired (and to add to the confusion, I guess there was a cannon that the Seafair pirates used.)
The police detained one guy having a gun which turned out to be a replica.
By 9:30ish,
"Police have three individuals in custody and have recovered three firearms. The investigation is ongoing to determine if there are any outstanding suspects."
From The Seattle Times:
SPD received reports of several youths with handguns near Seventh Avenue South and South Weller Street around 7:30 p.m. Officers identified three people and found guns on each of them, police spokesperson Brian Pritchard said in an email.
Two of the three guns were stolen and modified to be automatic weapons, Pritchard said.
They were all booked into the juvenile facility.
Gotta wonder where these kids get these guns.
All-City Band did not complete the route.
The "dance drill girls" is a group that the late Cheryl Chow, formerly an SPS board director, had been in and then coached for decades. They are mostly younger girls so it must have been terribly scary for them.
About the All-City Band:
Established in 1951 by the Seattle Public Schools, the All-City Band has a reputation for excellence in music education, student leadership, and entertainment. The band brings together students from schools throughout the greater Seattle area to entertain in upwards of 20 parades and community celebrations each summer. Its energetic performances and choreography have garnered hundreds of first-place and sweepstakes awards and entertained audiences throughout the Puget Sound region as well as in British Columbia, California, Hawaii, and Washington D.C.
The All-City Marching Band is under the direction of Dr. Marcus Pimpleton, who is in his 31st year with the band and his 21st year as director.
To note, Dr. Pimpleton used to work in SPS but they lost him to another district.
The band averages about 150+ number of kids a year, no tryouts. They went to Washington, DC and marched in this year's 4th of July parade there.
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