Seattle police chief snaps over Chicago home questions, absence from city after mass shooting

Seattle's constabulary main is nether scrutiny for being retired of municipality during Sunday's wide shooting that near 3 radical dead, the latest flashpoint implicit a occupation that has kept him distant from his woman and kids, who unrecorded successful Chicago.

The Seattle Center shooting near 3 radical dormant and 4 others injured connected Sunday evening astatine the Bite of Seattle yearly nutrient festival erstwhile arsenic galore arsenic 3 shooters opened occurrence connected each other, with guiltless bystanders caught successful the crosshairs.

The city's constabulary chief, Shon Barnes, faced disapproval implicit the information helium wasn't successful Seattle erstwhile the shooting happened, arsenic helium was successful Dallas, Texas, attending the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives' yearly conference.

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Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes speaks during a vigil a time aft the Bite of Seattle nutrient festival shooting astatine Seattle Center connected July 27, 2026 successful Seattle, Washington. Three radical are dormant and 4 are wounded. (David Ryder/Getty Images)

"I privation that I had a crystal shot and we could docket weapon violence, but we can’t," Barnes said.

Barnes besides snapped astatine a newsman who questioned however often he's really successful Seattle, citing a PubliCola study that the main spends astir weekends retired of town, wherever his household lives successful Chicago.

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"Those reports are wrong, bash you understand?" Barnes said portion a staffer had to clasp him back, saying "let's go."

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Seattle Police respond to wide shooting connected Sunday. (KCPQ)

"I person been present moving arsenic hard arsenic I tin for this metropolis from the time I got here, you got that?" Barnes said.

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When asked separately however overmuch clip helium spends successful Chicago, Barnes said, "Certainly I don't question arsenic often arsenic I would similar to."

"Any reports that I americium gone each play are grossly misstated. I don't person that benignant of money. I'm present successful Seattle. I emotion the neighborhood. I emotion my community, they emotion me," helium said.

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Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes, right, snapped astatine a newsman who questioned however often helium is successful the city, whose household lives successful Chicago, seen astatine right. (Fox 13 Seattle and Aytac Unal/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Seattle constabulary believed a struggle betwixt tiny groups appeared to person been the origin of the shooting.

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"We judge this teen opened occurrence successful the crowd, but details are inactive nether investigation," Democratic Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Seattle Police Department for comment.

Fox News Digital's Stephanie Price contributed to this report.