People in Seattle are still processing a mass shooting on Sunday that left three dead. 

It happened on the final day of the Bite of Seattle, a lively food festival that draws thousands of attendees every year. 

A day after the shooting, Arron Murphy-Paine helped organize a vigil at the Seattle Center, where the shooting happened. 

His son, Amarr Murphy-Paine, was shot and killed outside of Garfield High School in 2024 while he was breaking up a fight. That case remains unsolved. 

Murphy-Paine sat down with Soundside to reflect on the Seattle Center shooting.

Guest: Arron Murphy-Paine

Related links:
Community mourns victims of Seattle Center shooting as police search for another suspect | KUOW
Overall gun violence down, but doubling among youth in King County | Snoqualmie Valley Record
2 years after shooting death, family works to build a more just and peaceful Seattle | KUOW

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People in Seattle are still processing a mass shooting on Sunday that left three dead.&nbsp;
It happened on the final day of the Bite of Seattle, a lively food festival that draws thousands of attendees every year.&nbsp;
A day after the shooting, Arron Murphy-Paine helped organize a vigil at the Seattle Center, where the shooting happened.&nbsp;
His son, Amarr Murphy-Paine, was shot and killed outside of Garfield High School in 2024 while he was breaking up a fight. That case remains unsolved.&nbsp;
Murphy-Paine sat down with Soundside to reflect on the Seattle Center shooting.
Guest: Arron Murphy-Paine
Related links:
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<li><a href="https://www.kuow.org/live-updates/live-updates-multiple-victims-shot-at-seattle-center">Community mourns victims of Seattle Center shooting as police search for another suspect | KUOW</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.valleyrecord.com/2025/10/18/overall-gun-violence-down-but-doubling-among-youth-in-king-county/">Overall gun violence down, but doubling among youth in King County | Snoqualmie Valley Record</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kuow.org/crime/2026-06-04/two-years-after-shooting-death-family-works-to-build-a-more-just-and-peaceful-seattle">2 years after shooting death, family works to build a more just and peaceful Seattle | KUOW</a></li>
</ul>
Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to <a href="http://donate.kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes">donate.kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes</a>
 Soundside&nbsp;is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

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Amarr Murphy-Paine was shot and killed outside of Garfield High School in 2024. Two years later, his father helped organize a vigil following a mass shooting at the Seattle Center.