Voicemail shows Seattle mayor’s aide asked police to delay Bite of Seattle shooting briefing

A newly obtained voicemail is adding to the dispute over who asked Seattle police to delay a public briefing after a gang-related mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle in July that left three people dead and four others wounded.

The voicemail was left by Alison Holcomb, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s director of public safety, for Seattle Police Department (SPD) communications officer Brian Pritchard.

KIRO Newsradio obtained the recording through a public disclosure request. Here’s the voicemail Holcomb left Pritchard, who was the SPD public information officer on the scene at Seattle Center that night…

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