Seattle police say they have identified a person of interest in the throwing of a Molotov cocktail at officers during May Day violence.
Seattle police say they have identified a person of interest in the throwing of a Molotov cocktail at officers during May Day violence.
Police gave no other information on the man, who was caught on surveillance video during the May Day anti-capitalist march.
Initially, police accused the wrong man of throwing the Molotov cocktail, which injured one officer.
In court papers filed Friday, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office cited evidentiary reasons in dismissing a third-degree assault charge filed May 4 against Wesley Nielsen, 23.
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Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole said that investigators in her department determined Nielsen had been mistakenly identified and were looking to identify the man who actually threw the bottle.
Seattle police released two photographs Monday, asking for the public’s help in identifying a man described as a “person of interest” in the throwing of the Molotov cocktail. The man wore his hair in a “man bun” hairstyle during the protest, police said.