Garfield High School students return to class after deadly shooting

A 17-year-old student was shot and killed outside the high school last week while trying to break up a fight.

SEATTLE — Students returned to Garfield High School on Tuesday morning, days after a shooting in front of the building took the life of a 17-year-old classmate, Amarr Murphy-Paine. 

The school hosted an 8 a.m. orientation for parents where Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Garfield High School Principal Tarance Hart spoke in front of a crowd, vowing to keep students safe as they finish out the school year. 

“It is our time to make sure in the next nine days until school is out

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