Overview
- The King County panel found the city negligent in the 2020 shooting of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. and concluded that negligence caused his death.
- Jurors determined city decisions around CHOP, including the East Precinct abandonment and barricades, created dangerous conditions that impeded aid.
- Testimony described first responders refusing to enter the area, an ambulance driving away, and roughly 24 minutes passing before medics met witnesses.
- The award includes $4 million for Mays’ estate and about $26 million for his father, totaling just over $30 million.
- A judge barred the city from a felony-stealing defense tied to the Jeep, the city attorney called the death a tragedy, and the homicide remains unsolved.