Seattle honors fallen bus driver in emotional memorial service

Shawn Yim was killed after an altercation with a passenger on Dec. 18 near the University of Washington campus.

SEATTLE — King County Metro employees, riders, union leaders and politicians gathered Friday at Seattle’s WAMU Theater to remember a driver who was killed while in the line of duty last month.

Shawn Yim was fatally stabbed after an altercation with a passenger early in the morning of Dec. 18 in Seattle’s University District. Friday, Metro and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) held a procession of buses through downtown Seattle, followed by a memorial to pay tribute to Yim and his service to King County.

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