Peter McKay Reward Fund Press Release

Members of the Seattle International Randonneurs have issued this press release about the Peter McKay reward fund:

This is to let you know that a $7,500 reward has been set up for McKay, a Seattle cyclist, as he rode home on the evening of Thursday, November 1. Peter’s blog details the incident. As you’ll note, he was nearly killed. He was shot twice. One pellet entered his lung. Another narrowly missed his aorta and spine. Both pellets are still in his body. This was not an airgun used in this assault — it was clearly a real gun that was used to shoot Peter. The police believe that it was a 22 handgun.

This is a very frightening and new form of violence against cyclists. The initial reaction from the local cycling community was one of shock, followed by swift action. Within three days of coming up with the idea of a reward, more than $7,500 was pledged from local cyclists. There is no question that many times this amount could be raised from the cycling community. Within a week of the shooting, volunteers papered West Seattle with hundreds of flyers announcing the reward.

The intent of the reward is to approach this issue in a constructive way. In addition to our objective of catching Peter’s assailants, we want to put the bad guys on notice that violence against cyclists will not be tolerated. Any incident of this type will be challenged, and we will make every effort possible to work with the police to catch them. We also want the general public to know that if they witness any other crime of violence against cyclists that they should immediately report it. It is the right thing to do — and there will likely be a reward waiting. There is already some movement towards setting up a permanent reward fund for this purpose.

Information about how to donate is here.

View the KIRO video (Story to the left, video to the right).

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