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A memorial left near where Anderson died in June 2020
The City of Seattle has settled a wrongful death lawsuit in the June 2020 shooting of 19-year-old Lorenzo Anderson on the edge of CHOP.
The settlement hammered out late last year and approved by a judge this spring shuts down proceedings on a claim brought in King County Superior Court seeking billions brought by Anderson’s father. A federal case brought by Anderson’s mother was dismissed late last year but is being appealed.
The legal process for the 19-year-old’s alleged murderer continues. Prosecutors say 18-year-old Marcel Long shot and killed the teen at 10th and Pine in a June 2020 fracas after what witnesses said was a night of gambling and fireworks on the edge of the CHOP protest camp. Long, 18 at the time of the shooting, was arrested a year later in Des Moines, Washington by a U.S. Marshals led task force and is currently awaiting trial.
The Seattle Times was the first to report the settlement and reports that the $500,000 dollar amount agreed on was much lower than the initial $3 billion claim.
In the suit, lawyers for Horace Anderson at Oshan and Associates named then Mayor Jenny Durkan and District 3 City Councilmember Kshama Sawant as defendants along with the city for allowing the protest zone to form.
Miscommunication and mistakes delayed Seattle Police and Seattle Fire’s response to the scene on the edge of the protest area the night of the deadly shooting in an area SPD was refusing to respond to for most 911 calls after its abandonment of the nearby East Precinct building.
The legal team for Anderson’s father says the teen died at CHOP’s makeshift medical aid station on a table cleared outside Pike/Pine fast food joint Rancho Bravo.
Later that month, 16-year-old Antonio Mays, Jr. died in a bullet-riddled jeep and a 14-year-old boy riding with him suffered critical injuries in a shootout at the camp. There have been no announced arrests or charges in that case.
The presence of armed campers and security volunteers and the shooting deaths of the teenagers eventually led to the July 1st order for police to raid and sweep the protest zone and clear the camp.
In addition to the appeal in Anderson’s mother’s case, City Hall faces ongoing litigation in the federal lawsuit brought over its response to CHOP by a collection of Capitol Hill real estate developers, property owners, and businesses.
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