Seattle’s police chief has resigned amid criticism of the city’s response to a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend, Katie Wilson, the mayor, said on Thursday.
The announcement followed hours of speculation about whether Shon Barnes would step down, as some of his supporters said he had rebuffed Wilson’s request that he resign.
Wilson said she was appointing deputy chief Andre Sayles, a law enforcement veteran with more than two decades of experience, as interim chief…