KIRO host Gee Scott revealed he was the one who broke the news to now-former Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes that he was going to be asked to resign.
“I had a trusted source hit me up, and they said to me, ‘Hey, they just canceled some press briefings or some type of interviews, and actually, they’re gonna be drawing up papers to ask the chief to resign, or he’ll be fired,’” Gee said on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio. “I’m like, ‘Whoa!’ So, I hang up with them, and so then I call the chief myself.
“I say, ‘Hey, man, what’s up, man?’ And he said he was at lunch,” he continued. “I said, ‘Did you have some meetings or some press briefings? Did you have something canceled? And he said, ‘Yeah, just did.’ I said, ‘OK, well, the first half you just verified.’ So I said, ‘The second half, I’m gonna tell you, I don’t know, but it might be true.’ I said, ‘Look, man, I think the mayor is gonna call you or hit you up and have you come in to ask you to resign, or if you don’t resign, be fired.’ And he says, ‘What?’”…