Data Drop: Seattle Mayor’s Office Releases Staff Texts from Night of Bite of Seattle Shooting
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mayor’s Office on Friday afternoon released a data drop of staff text messages and Microsoft Teams chats from July 26 and 27, 2026, covering the hours immediately after the Bite of Seattle shooting that killed three people and wounded others at Seattle Center. Dawn Schellenberg, interim communications director, emailed the records […]
COMMENTARY: What’s Being Hidden? Mayor’s Office Delays Release of Chief Barnes-Mayor Wilson Texts Until Oct 29
SEATTLE—Three weeks after a deadly mass gang-related shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival exposed major communication failures inside City Hall, the Mayor’s Office is now telling the Lynnwood Times it will take three full months to produce text messages and emails between former Police Chief Shon Barnes and Mayor Katie Wilson related to the […]
