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SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM TO
KIRO TV, INC.; TEGNA, INC.;
MEDIA OF SEATTLE LLC; TRIBUNE
BROADCASTING SEATTLE LLC;
SEATTLE TIMES COMPAI.{Y
PURSUANT TO CrR 2.3(f) AND RCW

COUNTY OF KING

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R/A CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY
3OO DESCHUTES WAY SW, STE 208 MC.CSCI
TUMWATER, WA 9850I

TEGNA,INC.
d/b/a KING TV & KING

NEWS
WA CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
7I I CAPITOL WAY S, STE 204
OLYMPIA, WA 9850I
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SINCLAIR BROADCASTTNG OF SEATTLE, LLC
d/b/a KOMO TV & KOMO 4 NEWS
R/A CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
71I CAPITOL WAY S, STE 204
OLYMPIA, WA 9850I

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d/b/a KCPQ & Ql3 Fox NEWS
R/A COFJORATION SERVICE COMPA}IY
3OO DESCHUTES WAY SW, STE 208 MC-CSCI
TUMWATER, WA 9850I

SEATTLE TIMES COMPAIYY
R/A DWT WASHINGTON, LLC
920 FIFTH AVENUE
SUITE 33OO
SEATTLE, WA 98104-1610

produce andpermit inspection and copyingofthe following
documents or tangible things at the place, date, and time specified below:
Any and all video footagi or pholographs, includilg b-ut not limited to all unedited and/or
from
raw video footage, takei on Saturday, vr"y30r 2020, from 1530 hours to 1700 hours
in
Seattle'
the locations of Olive Street to Pike Stieet and also from 6th Avenue to 4th Avenue

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youARE COMMANDEDTo

Washington.
Seattle Police DePartment

Attn: Michnel Magan
610 sth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98124

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JUDGE TO CONSIDER AI\D

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RULE UPON AI\TY OBJECTIONS TO

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PRODUCTION,

INSPNCTION AI\D COPYING, WHICH SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED T]NTIL AFTPR
SUCH IIEARING.

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MILLERNASH GRAHAM & DI.]NN LLP
Pier 70, 2801 Alaskan WaY, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98121-1128
Tel: (206) 624-8300
Fax: (206) 340-9599
Email :,$iian,esler@nrillomash,com
Attorneys for Seattle Police Departrnent

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45. SUBPOENA

(c) Protection of Persons SubJect to Subpoenas.
steps to
(1) A party or an attorney responsible for the issuance and service of a subpoena shall take reasonable
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The court shall enforce this duty and
avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to that subpoena.
which may include, but is not limited
sanction,
appropriate
an
du$
of
this
breach
in
impose upon th6 party or aftomey
to, lost earnings and a reasonable attomey's fee.

papers'
commanded to produce and permit inspeclion and copying of designated books,
production
or
place
person
of
at
the
in
documenis or tangible lhings, or inspection of premises need nol appear
inspection unless @mmanded to appear for deposition, hearing or trial.
permit inspection and
(B) Subject to subsection (dx2) of this rule, a person commanded to produce and
if such lime is
compliance
for
time
specified
the
before
or
copying may; within 14 days affer service of the subpoena
objection to
written
the
subpoena
in
designated
party
attorney
or
the
oays afier service, serve upon
ess m-an
party
serving
premises. lf objection is made, the
or copying of any or all of the designated materials or of the

(2) (A) A person

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inspection
premises except pursuant to an
the subpoena shall not bs entiiled to inspect and copy lhe materials or inspect the
party serving the subpoena
order oi the court by which the subpoena was issued. lf objection has been made, the
time for an order lo compel
parties,
at
any
move
may, upon notice to the person commanded to produce and all other
party
or an officer of a party
not
a
person
is
who
protect
eny
the production. such an order to compel production shall
commanded.
from significant expense resulting from the inspection and copying
if it:
(A) On timely motion, the court by which a subpoena was issued shall quash or modiff the subpoena
compliance;
for
time
(i) fails to allow reasonable
(ii) fails to comply with Rcw 5'56.010 or subsection (eX2) of this rule;
protected matter and no exception or waiver applies; or
iiiiy requires disciosure of privileged or other
the motion upon
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden, provided that the court may condition denial of
papers,
documents, or
producing
books,
the
a requirement that the subpoenaing party advance the reasonable cost of
tangible things.
(B) lf a subPoena
disclosure of a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial

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information, or
events or
(ii) requires disclosure of an unretained expert's opinion or information not describing specific
the
court
any.party,
of
request
r"rrfting from the experfs stuUy miOe not at the
TaI, t.o.
occurrences in dispute
party in whose behalf
if
the
or,
the
subpoena
quash
modify
or
"na
subio-ena.,
by
th9
protect a per'on suujecfio-or-atreJJd
cannot be othenrvise met without
the subpoena is issueo'shows a substantial neeb for the testimony or haterial that
will
be reasonably compensated, the
is
addressed
lhe
subpoena
person
to
wtrom
undue hardship ano assures that the
court may ord6r appearance or production only upon specified conditions.

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(d) Duties in Responding to Subpoena.
usual
(1) A person ,"rponiing to g'subpoena 1o produce documents.shall produce them as they are kept in the
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in lhe demand'
categories
with.the
to
correspond
them
label
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oig"nize
rii"lr
o,
of
business
course
privileged or subject to protection
(2)(A) when intormalion iubject to a subpoena is withhdlo on a claim thatit is
by.a description of the nature
supported
2l as trial preparation r"t"rLt., itre'ctaim shall be made expressly and strall be
demanding party to contest
the
to
enable
is
sufficient
produced
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the claim.
protection.as trial(B) lf information produced in response to.a.subpoena.is subject.to..a claim of privilege or of
and
pniplr"ton ,n"iurial, ttr"'iliron m"-fing ih""taim mby notiff any-party that received the information of the claim and
information
the
specified
destroy
or
proniplly
r6tum,.iequester,
p-"rty
must
the basis for it. Afler Oeini notineO, u
must take reasonable stops to
any copies it has; must nit ,r" or aislnsb tne in'formiti6n until the claim is resolved;
present the information in
promptly.
may
and
notified;
being
before
retrieve the informatio" it ift" p"rty OrccfoseO it
must preserve the
the
subpoena
to
responding
The
the
claim.
of
determination
lerson
for
a
camera to the court
information until the claim is resolved.

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AFFIDAYIT FOR SUBPOENA

Detective MichaelMAGAhI, berng first duly swotn on oath, deposes and says:
On the basis of the following I believe thete is ptobable cause that multiple unidentifred
individuals have committed the below-identified ctime(s) in King County, and that:

Theft of a Firearm, RCW 9A-56.300, Arson RC\Y 9A.48.020

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Coatraband, t]1e fruits of a cri:ne, or things otherwise cdmindly possessed, and

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A person for whose arrest thete is probable cause, ot who is unlawfrrlly testtained is/ate
located fut, on, or about the following desctibed pterrrises, vehide of persofl:

Media Outlets: Seattle Times Newspapet, KIRO TV, KING TV, KOMO TV and KCPQ fot
sw/uneditedvideo footage and drgitalimages for Saturday,05-30-20, taken ftom 1530 }us: to 1700
of
hrs: in the area ftom Oliv"e Street to pit" Street and ftom 6s Avenue to 4e Avenue in the City
\trfashington'
Seattle, County of King and State of

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is seeking evidence in the form of taw videotape footage and
'tat on Satutdan 05photogtaphs ftom -"ii" ourlets that'it believes-will help it identi& the persons
lO-zO,-r"i fue to SpD vehicles and/or stole firearms ftom those vehicles (some of which fiteatms still
have not been recovered). Because tlis evidence is sought from media outlets, the Coutt is requested
to issue a subpoena duces tectun accotding to the ptocedure set forth in CtR 2.3(f) and RCtDfl
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10.79.015(3). Those media outlets will then have an oppornrnity to respond to the subpoena and have
the Court rule on any objections. SPD tequests that ttre Court set a heating to consider any such
objections, and so indicate on the fice of the subpoena.

Your affiant is a graduate of the Univetsitf of Washington with a Bachelot of Atts Degtee in Society &
Justice and Sociology. Following gtaduation, yout affiantwas hired as an Officet with the Seattle Police
Department (SPD) in 1986, attended and completed the Washington State Criminal Justice Ttaining
Commissions Basic Law Enforcernent Training and has served in vadous capacities with the SPD,
pa&ol, the Mayot's Protection Detail and also as an Atson Investigator. Yout af&antalso sewed in &e
Fedetal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) and the Seatde Police Public Coruption Squad that had pdmary
responsibilities fot investigafug public servants who have committed sedous ctimes, including murder,
assault and bribery.
Pdor to your affiaat's cuffent assignment, he was assigned to the FBl-sponsoted Puget Sound Violent
Crimes Task Force GSVCTF) for three yeats. In this multi*agency task fotce, your affiant had
investigative rcsponsibilities fot all bank robberies in the greater Puget Sound atea, which included shot
and long terrn investigations and assisted avaiety of law enforcement agencies tfuoughout the country.
Your affiants' current assigrunent is two-fold. Your affiant is and has been assigned to the SPD Robbery
Unit fot the last twenty-five yearc and has also been assigned to the Notthwest Fugitive Apprehension
Task Force, sponsored by the United States Matshal Senrice.
has investigative tesponsibilities fot both commercial and
as well as extordon cases that occur in thc City of
investigations,
robbery
pattem
tesidenti"l robberies,

At the SPD Robbery Unit, yout affiant
Seattle.

rxdth Northwest.Fugitive Apptehension Task Fotce, he will have
investigative tesponsibilities fot tmcking down fugitives for the ctime of tobbery. In this capacity, your
atfrant serves at the conrmand of the U.S. Marshal for Washington, Oregoa and Alaska and will assist
outside law enforcement agencies when so called uPon.

In your affiants' new assignment

On Sunday, 05-31-20, your affiant was assigned investigative responsibilities fot the below:

Two of the investigations your affiant curently has investigative tesponsibilities ate the teported theft
of fuearms: four Colt AR-15 5.56tnm rifles (# 202A-fi7514) and one Glock model 43 .9mm semi-auto
pistol (#2020-779414) fromunmarked SPD vehicles that wete patked in the 1600 block of 6d Avenue.
During tfre coutse of this investigatior\ yout affrantdeternined that the follow occuued.
On Satrxday, 05-30-10, at approximately 1400 hrs: Officets T. JONES # 6935' It HOLT #77f1,D,
WARD # 7603, Q. WASHINGTON # 7696, D, BEHN # 77fi and S. SPECT # 7631, who ate
assigned to the SPD South Ptecincts Anti-Cdme Team (ACT) were to deployed to work a
tnarch/demonsfration in tegards to the death of Geotge Floyd. These officets wete assigned to wotk
demonsftation rnanagement/cowd control in the area of 6h Avenue and Pine Stteet.
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Upon tlre officer's *AvaIin the xea, Offtcets T. JONES #.6935, K. HOLT # 77n, and D. WARD
*lOOf parked SPD vehicle # 33391in the 1600 block of 6ft Avenue on the west side of the street in
front of the Nordstrom Store, while Q. WASHINGTON # 7696rD, BE}IN #77fi and S. SPECT
#763lpatked SPD vehicle # 33411directly behind the other vehicle. Thtee othet SPD vans were also
parked at the same location, to include both civiliens and swotn SPD ernployees'
Additional SPD personnel ftom the SPD Sou& Ptecinct and the SPD Video Unitpatked their vehicles
in the 1600 block of 6'h Avenue and the 500 block of Pine S&eer

S&PJsbi€ls$

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34424,SPD Video Unit van, patked in the 1600 block of 6s Avenue

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63181, SPD Video Unitvan,

# }3757,SPD South Precinct
# 333}7,SPD South Ptecinct
# 3334I,SPD South Precinct
# 34267, SPD South Ptecinct

pa*ed in the 1600 block of 6e Avenue
Vehicle ftlack van) pa*ed in the 1600 block of 6s Avenue
Vehicle ftlue Fotd SUV) parked in the 1600 btock of 66 Avenue
Vehicle plue Ford SLIS parked in the 1600 block of 6n Avenue
vehide, parked in the 500 block of Pine Street

Officers tmnsported their deparunent issued Colt AR-15, 5.56mm rifles as well medical supplies,
helmets, clothing, video equipment and othet items ftotn the SPD South Prccinct to &e 1600 block of
6s Avenue and the 500 block of 56 Avenue. Most of it was locked inside of the vehicles as the officers
tesponded on foot to the demonstration, also locked in an SPD vehicle was the bagk-up Yfq:tt_,.1
GI;ck rnodel 43 gtnmsemi-automatic pistol, setiat # BABM909 belonging to Q. WASHINGTON #
sevetal blocks ftom their secuted
7696, The above-named Officers were assigned to work
^n ^rea
vehicles.

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1530 hrs: civil;unrest began to occru in a concenffated trea,4h Avenue
pitce Street. The five SPD vehicles that wete patked in the 1600 block

to 6s Avenue
of 6s Avenue

SPD vehicle t1rat was patked in the 500 block of Pine Streetwete heavily damaged
and the otr"
"dditiotr"l
by vandals, who started by tipping off the windshield wipers, side view mirots, bteaking out the,vehicle
windows with tocks and poles, and removing vadous equipment, including video recording equipment,
ballistic helmets, uniforns, emergency medical equipment, fue extinguishets and eventually the

following fitearms:

Fmm Police Vehiclc # 33391:
Officet K. HOLT #7711: One loaded ColtAR

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tifle, Serial # FNCR012595. patet recoveted')

F'torn getia$ gehislg:#i*li41,1:

Officer Q. WASHINGTON

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7696: One loaded Colt M4 carbine tifle with a suppressor, Sedal

LF;29 6517 . (Still missing.)

One loaded Glock Model" 43 semi-automatic pistol, Serial

Officet D. BEHN
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# BABM909. (Still missing.)

7717: One loaded Colt AR 15 tifle, Setial

# FNCR011601. pater tecoveted

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Officer S. SpECHT #7631: One loaded Colt M4 catbine tifle, Sedal #LE.325779. pater rccovered.)

At apptoximately

1606 brs: witness

CARUGHI was an atmed contract security agent working for

S""td",r FOX affiliate KCPQ. He reported being in the 1600 block of 6s Avenue when he ndtnessed
an unidentified adult male suspect weadng a ted coloted hooded sweatshkt and blue ieans, smash out
a passenger side window of a SIPD vehicle # 33391 patked in the 1600 block of 6s Avenue and temove
a ioadedtoh AR 15 Rifle, walk to the ftont of that SPD vehicle, aim the rifle at the ftont windshield
and fire four tounds tfuough the ftont windshidd. CARUGHI dtew his petsonal fitearm and
conftonted the arned suspeciand otdeted him to place the rifle on the gtound._CARUGHI recoveted
the dfle, removed the magazine and the tound in the chambet rendering the rifle safe.

At approximately 1610 hmr an unidentified adult male wearing a blue coloted sutgical mask that covers
the lt*"t pottion of his face, avery distinct red coloted Adidas btand sweat-suit, a ted colored Adidas
band cap and red colored Adidas blarrdrpgslt' shoes is capturcd on ttre extemal surveillance video at
the Nordstrom store, in the 1600 blo&of,6s.frivenue going to the reat of SPD vehicle # 33397,reaches
into the rear of the vehicle and remove a black coloted nylon dfle bag. The unidentified adult male
sidewalk, unzlps

p-.bjsvcil.o$,.the

Notds6om external suweillance video being conftonted by an unidentified adult male in a dark coloted
jacket and drops the dfle bag on the street. A physical fight ensues between the two and the tifle bag
gets picked bj another unidentified male, who takes the bag and walks westbound on Pine Sueet
io*"id, 5* Av.nue. Unfornrnately, no additional surveillance catreras caPttue this suspect as he wdks
awaywith the dfle.

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The unidentified adult male suspectwearing the distinct red colored Adidas btand sweatsuit, a red coloredAdidas brand cap and red colotedAdidas brand tennis shoes tunning
south bound on 56 Avenue after stealing a loaded Colt AR 15 tifle

At approximately 1616 hrs: an rrnidentified male, witl his face coveted, &essed in datk coloted top,
.hotir rrd t baclrpack walks up to SPD vehicle # 33417, which is patked in the 1600 block of 6s
Avenue, teaches in tluough the broken left reat windshield and temoves a tan coloted fanny pack
belonging to Officet Q. WASHTNGTON # 7696, that contained the loaded Glock Model 43 semipistol, serial # BABM909. The unidentified male takes the fanny pack, tutns and walks south

"otoritii
oo 3*Arr"orr" torratds Pine Street. Unfiortunately, no additiond sutveillance cameras capture this
bound
suspect as he walks towards Pine Sueet.

contained the loaded Glock
The unidentified male
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The gnidentified male carrying WASHINGTON'S tan coloted fanny pack in his tight hand
eouth bound on 6ftAvenue

At approximately 7623 hrs: witness CARUGHI latet reported that he observed another unidentified

# 33477,break open the glass and ternove a loaded
street, again &ew his petsonal fireatm, fan acloss
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who
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Colt AR 15 Rifle. CenUCfU
the street and confronted the unidentified adult male suspect and physically temoved the loaded Colt
AR 15 dfle ftom him. CARUGHI rcmoved the magazine and the toundin the chamber rendering the
rifle safe.
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approach the rear of SPD vehicle

removed the
the second $uspect on
on the right aftet
toaded ColtAR 15 tifle ftom the SPD vehicle in the 1600 block of 6t Avenue

CARUGHI later contacted the SPD and tumed the two recoveted ColtAR 15 Rifles ovel to Lieutenant
SPD \)(/est Ptecinct
J. OSBORNE, SPD North Precinct. Officer N. APPIAH-AGYEKU # 8633'
completed an incident rePott' SPD

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2020-777574.

At approximately 1606 hts: SPD Vehicle # 34267,w!trchwas parked in the 500 block of Pine Steet had
aU of itr windows smashed ou! the doors completely bent back away ftom the main ftame of the
vehicle, was spray painted, had its tires slashed, was physically beaten with bats, hammers and metal
poles and had alt o] th" police equipment (ballistic helmets, unifonns, emetgency medical equipment
and fue extinguishers) that was iniiae of the vehicle, removed and stolen ot used to damage the vehicle.

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bandanna over the lower portion of het face, tblack coloted short sleeved t-shirt, black colclred
"ot*"dblack colored tennis shoes with white coloted socks and a blaclc colored back pack, is captrugd
ieans,
oa video u5ing an accelerant in an aerosol can a16 a lighter to ignite the acceletant setting fire to the
headlinet of SPD vehicle # 34261that is parked in the 500 block of Pine Street.

At approximately 1606 hrs: an unidentiEedl adult

can and a lightet to ignite the
using an acceletant
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the same unidentified adult female, *ith blond hair, weadng a black and
ofhet face, a black colored shofi sleeved t-shirt, black
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ignite the accelerant setti- g fire to the headlinet of SPD vehicle # 9315L

After setting fue to the headliner of SPD vehicle # 93157, she moved to the next SPD vehicle, # 33391
and using the same accelerant in the aetosol cen and lighter she set fi-re to the headliner of that vehicle.

suspect setting fite to SPD vehicle # 3339t using an accelerant in an aerosol
can and a lighter to ignite the acceletant setting fire to ttre headliner

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7620 fus: Video Tech Cesat HIDALGO, SPD Video Unit, who was inside the
Nordstrorn Stote in the 1600 block of 6s Avenue videoing the civil uffest, captuted the unidentified

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The unidentified adult female suspect using an acceletant in an aetosol can and a lightet to
ignite the accelerant settirg fire to the drivet's seat of SPD Video vehicle that is patked in the
1600 block of6t Avenue.
The unidentified adult female suspect is later joined by an unidentified male weating a tan coloted
stocking ca75 awhite colored t-shfut, blue jeans, hiking shoes with a black down jacketwrapped around
his waist, carying a shoulder bag. This unidentified adult tnale takes the aerosol can and lighter ftom
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were eithet firlly engulfed in flame ot damaged as tesult of the fires statted by the unidentified adult
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As the vehicles burned, your affiant noted that both the adult male suspect dtessed in the ted colored
Adidas brand sweat suit, hat and shoes (who stole the loaded Colt AR 15 tifle from the SPD vehicle)
and the unidentified adult female dressed in all black with the black and white striped bandanna (who
set fire to six SPD vehicles) seem to be at the foteftont fot all of the darnage and mayhem that was
occwring in the 1600 block of 6'h Avenue and the 500 block of Pine Street. Your affianq who recovered
and reviewed surveillance video footage from vadous locations, noted that both of these suspects wefe
vely easy to track based upon their dothing and actions duing the civil urirest.

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with the black and
female
Stote in the 500 block of Pine Stteet at the sarne time the adult male wearing the red coloted
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well as checked the fout locd news
networks' and the Seattle Times' web sites, yout affiant found that the Seatde Times, CBS affiliate KIRO
TV, NBC affitiate KING TV, ABC affiliate KOMO TV and the FOX affiliate KCPQ, all had multiple
photogrephets, reporters, camera teams o-n the gound doing live shots as well as tecotding/videotapi"g and photogtaphing capturing the civil uffest as itwas occurring.

!flhile yov affrant has teviewed vadous videos and images

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afson suspect
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suspect in the rcd coloredAdidas sweat suitwho stole a ColtAR

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tifle ftom a Police vehicle

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A ecreen shot image taken from
red coloted Adidas sweat suit that was aired nationally on FOX News New Yotk.

It has been yout affiant's expedence through investigations and conversations with television news
reporters and camem personnef that newspapers and news stations'will recotd footage of events even
when they are not broadcasting live from a location. This footage is tefered to as unedited ot taw
footage. Ftom &ose investigations and convetsadons, your affiant undetstands that photographers and
c metlpersonnel who ate at vatious events will record footage/photogtaph events and will use a small
amount of footage dudng theit news stodes and,'the footege/photogaphs that ate not aired/posted
will be downloaded into an intemal system that will retain the footage /photogrtphs for approximatcly
thirty

days.

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The television affiliate vrill also provide their news teams cellulat telephones, so they can do live temotes
ftom locations dudng major events.

On Saturday, 05-30-20, your affiant watched the civil unrest unfold via local television (in real time
while off duty) and noted that the vastmajotity of covetage by the fout affiIiates KIRO TV, KING TV,
KOMO TV, KCPQ and the Seattle Times (based upon publishedphotogaphs) wete allv/ithin a fourblock area 4h Avenue to 6s Avenue and Olive r0flay to Pike Stteet. Based on when the incidents undet
investigation occurred, thete is probable cause to believe that those media sonrces captured images

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the suspect in the footage/photogtaphs aken in that arca between 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM, which
fooagelphotogtaphs have not yet been published.
Following the civil uorest from Saturdan 05-30-20, yout affiant was assigned to joint SPD, FBI and
Alcohol Tobacco and Ffuearms (ATF) Task Fotce to investigative vatious cdmes that occured,
specifi.cally the theft of Erearms from Police vehicles. Yout affiant has tecove.red and revierued
nrrnetous hours of surveillance and video footage as well as published still images ftom Seattle Titnes
and while doing so, yorrr $frent obsewed KIRO TV, KING TV, KOMO TV, KCPQ tecotding the
civil untest to tdod" the actions of the adult male in the red colored Adidas brand attire and thi:
unidentified adult female who set the SPD vehicles on fite.

An'unidentified local news

cameraman at

Avenue and Pine Stteet

recording the events

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Dudng fle coutse of the on'going investigation, yoru affiant has been teviewing sunreillance footage
tlat was ptovided to him ftom the Nordsftorn co&pofation, Paeific'?.,149e".\West Lake Mall, as well as
video that was sent to the SPD ftom citizene urto'rliete ftiihe area of Olive Way to Pike Sfteet, 4'h
Avenue to 6ft Avenue and found that the quality of video footage is poor,limited, ot cameras thatare
in fixed positions do not captufe events. Cetain cameras ftom tle Nordsftom store were damaged
ftotn the fires that wete set by the unidentified adult female suspect ot that tle heavy smoke from the
fires make the camera footage useless.

Yout affiant reviewed the posted video footage ftom the fout news affiliates, KIRO TV, KING TV,
KOMO TV and KCPQ as well as posted images from the Seatde Times and found them to have
excellent quality of video footage and still irnages and believes that obtaining and reviewing &e unedited
or raw video footage as well as still images that wete not posted would/will lead to the identity of
suspect(s) who are tesponsible for the theft of the firearms stolen ftom SPD vehicle's # 33391 and #
33411 as well as fhe suspect(s) who set fire to SPD vehicles # 34424, # 63787, # 93757, # 33397, #
33341 and.# 3+261.

The female believed to be responsible for setting the fues as described above was later identified by the
F.B.I as Margatet A. CHANNON. CIIANNON was taken into custody by federal agents the
morning ofJune 77,2020 and has been chatged with the arsons in Federal Court.

The male involved in the arson and the individuals involved in &e thefts of the firearrns temain
unidentified.

Your affiant is tequesting the Coutt's petmission to seek the unedited or raw footage/photographs that
wete captured by KIRO TV, KING TV, KOMO TV and KCPQ, and the Seatde Times fot Saturday,
05-30-20, ftom 1530 hrs: to 1700 hrs: ftom Olive Steet to Pike Sueet and ftom 6d Avenue to 4*
Avenue for teview to identi& suspect(s) fot the cdtne of theft of weapons and arson.

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Based on all the foregoing informationr lour affiant believes that evidence of the above-listed crime(s)
exists at the above-descdbed property and that thete is probable cause to issue a subpoena duces tecum
to comnand the production of evidence of the above-listed cdme(s) including the following items:

Unedited ot raw video footage/photographs ftom KIRO TV, KING TV, KOMO TV and
KCPQ, and ttre Seattle Times fot Satutday,05-30-20, taken from 1530 hrs: to 1700 hrs: in
the area ftom Olive Sueet to Pike Street and from 6ft Avenue to 46 Avenue.
applicable) I also ask that the coutt find that notice ta any person, including the
subscriber(s) and custornet(s) to which the matedals relate, of the existence of this 'watrentwould likety
jeopardize the life or physical safety of an individual andf or ieopardize an ongoing criminal
investigation. The request for this fi"ding is based on the following facts:

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ofVashington that the
attached teports/copies of documents and the informatiou contained thetein are true, cotrect

I cettify (or declare) undet penalty of petiury undet the laws of the

State

and accruate (RCW 9A.72.085).

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