On March 17, 2021, 19-year-old Omari Wallace was fatally shot inside the Emerald City Bible Fellowship church in Seattle during an orientation for Community Passageways, a diversion program for young adults. Wallace had been released from King County Jail about two weeks earlier on the condition he join the program; his mother, Katrina Ness, said he was excited about the opportunity and was expecting a child.

The shooting occurred during a second-floor meeting with more than a dozen participants and staff present. A man entered, saw Wallace, produced a handgun and shot him multiple times in what police described as a targeted attack. The shooter fled in an older model Toyota Corolla station wagon. Wallace’s mother had just arrived in the parking lot and was at his side when he died.

Police later identified Isaiah Thomas Hinds as the suspect and warned he should be considered armed and dangerous; officers said Hinds was believed to be in the Seattle and Tacoma areas. In March 2024 the family filed a lawsuit against Community Passageways and the church, alleging inadequate security and uncooperative staff. Did anyone attend that orientation or have information about security at the site that afternoon?