Police chief fired?? Story breaking late:

Wednesday at 10, with Sabirah Radford anchoring, they break a lead story that Seattle Mayor Wilson has asked the police chief to resign in the wake of the Seattle Center shootings. Big story, but by 10:15 it was back into a news replay with the usual anchor team of Rose and Kim. Not even repeated at the half hour mark to get the story back on the air as an exclusive breaker. The story was up on the station web site, citing multiple sources.

UPDATE: Minutes later, KOMO's Jeremy Harris at KOMO reports this:

Multiple sources saying @SeattlePD Chief Shon Barnes is telling people he has been fired. @MayorofSeattle has NOT confirmed this. At a time when her office is under fire for confusing and slow communication, clarity TONIGHT.

Now, KIRO Radio is confirming:

BREAKING: Shon Barnes was fired from his position as chief of the Seattle Police Department by Mayor Katie Wilson, multiple sources confirmed with KIRO Newsradio

King posted:

According to a high level source inside Seattle City Hall, on Wednesday evening, Mayor Katie Wilson began sharing her plans with other top officials regarding the future of Chief Barnes. The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the mayor planned to meet with Barnes sometime late on Wednesday, where she intended to inform him of her decision to make a change in leadership.

Fox updated and posted the firing just before 11:30

Saw nothing from KIRO on TV or online.

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