The devastated father of the 19-year-old killed in Seattle's CHOP zone broke down in tears as he said he still doesn't know what ...
The devastated father of the 19-year-old killed in Seattle's CHOP zone broke down in tears as he said he still doesn't know what happened and he was not allowed to see his son's body for a week.
Horace Lorenzo Anderson told Fox News Wednesday the police had not reached out to him at all in the near-on two weeks since his son Lorenzo Anderson was shot dead in Seattle's Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone back on June 20.
'It's been almost two weeks, I haven't heard from nobody - nobody has called,' Anderson said.
'Ain't nobody called me or try to find me. And his ID is my ID, so his number is my number, so it's easy for detectives to say "hey excuse me" - knock on my door - "excuse me, let's tell you what happened about your son."'
The heartbreaking interview came the same day Seattle police reclaimed their precinct in the protest zone after the mayor finally issued an early morning executive order to vacate the area which has been occupied by protesters since June 8.
The devastated father (left) of the 19-year-old killed in Seattle's CHOP zone broke down in tears on Fox news Wednesday as he said he still doesn't know what happened and he was not allowed to see his son's body for a week
The zone has seen two deadly shootings and crime rise by more than 500 per cent in just over three weeks, with Lorenzo becoming the first victim of gun crime in what started as a peaceful occupation.
Anderson told Fox News he is still 'numb' from his son's killing and has been left with unanswered questions after authorities have made no attempts to reach him.
'They need to come talk to me and somebody needs to come tell me something, because I still don't know nothing,' he said.
'Somebody needs to come to my house and knock on my door and tell me something. I don't know nothing. All I know is my son got killed up there.'
Anderson said he only learned of his son's death through two friends and is yet to be officially told anything from police.
'The only way I found out was just two of his friends, just two friends that just happened to be up there and they came and told me,' he said.
Lorenzo Anderson was shot dead in Seattle's Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone back on June 20
Horace Lorenzo Anderson told Fox News Wednesday (left) the police had not reached out to him at all in the near-on two weeks since his Lorenzo's (right) death
'They weren't even from Seattle. Now, mind you, I haven't heard - the police department, they never came.
'Someone should've came and knocked on my door and... should've been, like, coming to talk to me and let me know about my son. To this day, I really don't know nothing. I'm still here sitting. I don't know nothing.'
He went on to say that even now he is only learning information about his son's death on YouTube.
'I'm hearing from YouTube. I don't know nothing. All I know is my son is dead. I'm still trying to figure out answers so I can sleep. I don't sleep. My kids don't sleep. I can't even stay at home,' he said.
'My kids, they feel like they are unsafe at home.'
Anderson also choked back tears as he told how he was not allowed to see his son's body for a week.
'They wouldn't even let me see my son,' the distraught father said.
'It took me a whole week before I could see my son.'
He added: 'They wouldn't let me. I went to the hospital and they said we couldn't see him.
'When I go there I'm looking for detectives, for someone to tell me something... but when I got there there's no one. The hospital is blank, it's silent.'
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan finally issued an early morning executive order to vacate the area which has been occupied by protesters since June 8
The clean up operation began at Seattle's Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone on Wednesday
Seattle Department of Transportation begins removing plywood outside the closed Seattle Police East Precinct
Seattle police showed up in force early Wednesday at the city's 'occupied' protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings
Anderson said he waited for a long time before a doctor finally told him his son had died but he was not able to see him to identify him.
'The only thing he tells me is my son's deceased and I'm like "Well can I see him? Is is it my son?" As you got to realize at this time I'm going "Is it really my son?" I want to know is it my son as this could be someone else's child.'
Anderson recalled how he was tortured for almost a week as he clung to hope that it wasn't his son before he could finally identify his body.
'You know in my head I'm going "yes it's mine because everyone is saying it but in my heart I'm going "I just need to see him one time just so I can see him" [but] I couldn't see him that day,' he said.
'That was Saturday. It took all the way to Thursday... so I got to finally see him and then in my heart I knew it was my son now.'
The devastated parent then became inaudible as he said 'these are kids' and blasted the CHOP zone saying 'they should have stopped this a long time ago'.
'It's getting to a point where...' he said as his voice trailed off.
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