Focus: We Keep Us Safe

Eight-part investigation into an unsolved 2020 shooting death in Seattle AI summary

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New Season "We Keep Us Safe" starting September 21, 2026. In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved. In this eight-part series, first published on NPR’s Embedded, KUOW’s Will James and The Seattle Times’ Sydney Brownstone track down key figures and eyewitnesses from the night of the shooting and surface crucial evidence that has never been made public. We Keep Us Safe is a joint production of KUOW, The Seattle Times, and NPR’s Embedded. Focus is KUOW’s home for immersive audio documentaries. Each season zooms in on a single story that challenges commonly held narratives about life in the Pacific Northwest and reveals something bigger about American society. Series include Adults in the Room and the Peabody-nominated Lost Patients.

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  1. 2026-10-15 · 48 min · Season 3, episode 8

    As the lawsuit over Antonio Mays Jr.’s death goes to trial, more clues bring us closer to identifying the person who shot him at close range. Will Antonio’s father finally get answers, and will anyone be held…

  2. 2026-10-12 · 41 min · Season 3, episode 7

    The hunt for Antonio’s killer leads us to a mysterious security group called the Sentinels. For the first time, former members speak about their operation at CHOP and describe the person they say shot Antonio at close…

  3. 2026-10-08 · 36 min · Season 3, episode 6

    An interview with a protester who witnessed the aftermath of the shooting leads to a tip that changes the entire investigation.

  4. 2026-10-05 · 37 min · Season 3, episode 5

    What really happened the night Antonio Mays Jr. was killed? Protesters claim he was attacking CHOP and they had to defend themselves. But new evidence from that night turns everything we thought we knew about the…

  5. 2026-10-01 · 39 min · Season 3, episode 4

    Who was Antonio Mays Jr.? What was he up to at CHOP? A deep dive into Antonio’s last few weeks leads to perplexing rumors, new details about the night he was killed and conversations with the people whose lives were…

  6. 2026-09-28 · 34 min · Season 3, episode 3

    After police retreat from their precinct, protesters begin occupying roughly eight blocks of Seattle. It's their attempt at a police-free world. But as rumors spread, fear and paranoia take over, setting a dangerous…

  7. 2026-09-24 · 39 min · Season 3, episode 2

    EPISODE 2: In the summer of 2020, protests are happening all across the country. But Seattle is different.

  8. 2026-09-21 · 36 min · Season 3, episode 1

    EPISODE 1: When 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. was shot and killed inside Seattle's CHOP protest zone in 2020, protesters claimed self-defense. For years, that version of events went unchallenged. Reporters Sydney…

  9. 2026-08-27 · 1 hr 0 min · Season 2, episode 9

    In this final episode of Adults in the Room, we uncover how extensive Tom Hudson’s crimes were … and how little we really understood about his death.

  10. 2026-06-29 · 1 hr 21 min · Season 2, episode 8

    The team recently gathered to discuss behind-the-scenes moments and decisions from the series—including interviews that didn't make it into the final episodes, the continued challenges of addressing grooming and…

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03/2024 · over 2 years
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