Family seeks answers after 22-year-old fatally shot while visiting Seattle

SEATTLE — A mom is on the lookout for solutions after her son was shot and killed in Seattle following an evening out in Pioneer Sq.. Leo Fotu, 22, was killed in early April whereas visiting Seattle from San Francisco.

“I need to know why,” stated Fotu’s mom, Denise Frost. “Like, , why did it occur to him?”

Frost stated her son was visiting Seattle along with his cousin when he was fatally shot in Pioneer Sq.. Seattle police confirmed an individual was shot and located mendacity on the road of the 200 block of South Washington Avenue round 2:15 a.m. on April 2. Police and medics tried life-saving measures, however the sufferer died on the scene.

“[Fotu] was particular to me, and to his household, and his associates,” stated Frost. “He had a lot that he needed to do. So many issues that he needed to perform.”

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Fotu lived in San Francisco, and his mom stated he not too long ago enlisted within the Marines. He was in Seattle for a go to earlier than heading to San Diego to start coaching.

The evening of the capturing, Frost stated her son was at Stage Nightclub when a combat broke out between a gaggle of girls, together with Fotu’s cousin. Frost shared movies posted to social media with KING 5 that present a big crowd exterior the nightclub the place gunshots may be heard. A second video reveals her son mendacity on the street as paramedics arrived. Frost stated she’s shared the movies with Seattle police.

“It was quite a bit to absorb at one time,” stated Frost. “There have been simply so many individuals attempting to inform me what occurred.”

However Frost needs to know what occurred from Seattle police, not from folks and social media. She needs to see an arrest made in her son’s case and a solution relating to why her son was killed on a go to to the town.

“I simply really feel like, if phrases got from him to the opposite particular person, that it might have been dealt with another way. It did not must go in that path the place [the suspect] had to make use of a gun. It simply breaks my coronary heart,” stated Frost.

Police will solely say the investigation stays open and energetic.

“A part of me is like, I really feel like I am shedding hope with the method,” stated Frost. “I simply want one thing to form of ease my ache, ?”

Anybody with data is requested to name the Seattle Police Division tip line at 206-233-5000.