Antonio Mays Sr. holds a picture of himself and his son, Antonio Mays Jr. in Superior Court at the King County Courthouse in Seattle on Dec. 10, 2025.

An 18-month investigation by The Seattle Times, KUOW and NPR's Embedded podcast and a review of more than a dozen videos from the night of the shooting reveal the most comprehensive view to date of how the chaotic scene unfolded. And they show how a Black teenager who came to join the civil rights movement of his generation — in a zone abandoned by police — ended up killed by a protest movement that thought he was a threat.

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