Procession and memorial held today to honor late Metro bus driver Shawn Yim

SEATTLE — Memorial services for Transit Operator Shawn Yim will be held on Friday morning.

Yim, a King County Metro bus driver, was stabbed to death while on the job on December 18.

Seattle police say a passenger named Richard Sitzlak is to blame.

On Friday at 10 a.m. a bus procession will make its way through downtown.

All able metro drivers and community members are encouraged to attend to honor Yim’s life.

Metro says there will be 70 buses alone participating as well as fire, EMTs, and historical coaches.

Following the procession, there will be a memorial – which is open to the public – at Lumen Field Event Center (also known as WAMU Theater).

The doors will open at 9:30 a.m. and the memorial will start at 11:00 a.m., with an end time of 1 p.m.

There will be free parking in the Lumen Field Parking Garage.

KIRO 7 will have a live stream from the memorial available on our website and app.

King County Metro warned bus riders to expect cancellations and delays, encouraging alternate travel plans ―

With many Metro staff members attending these events to honor our fallen colleague and friend, there will be a very large number of bus trip cancellations and delays on Friday.

Riders are encouraged to sign up to receive transit alerts for their routes, however some real-time information in trip planning and transit tools, and transit alerts, may not be fully accurate during this period.

We recommend transit riders travel early, allow additional time and consider alternatives in the event of potential service interruptions.

Metro will provide as much bus service as possible. Water taxi routes and Sound Transit Link 1 Line and 2 Line services are expected to operate on regular schedules. Metro pass sales offices plan to provide regular service, while our customer service call center and lost and found services will be temporarily short-staffed while employees attend the memorial.

Road traffic is also expected to be disrupted as the procession makes its way to the event center ―

A memorial procession of several dozen buses and transit vehicles from Metro and agencies around the region is scheduled to leave the SODO area at 10 a.m. The procession will travel north on Fourth Avenue to Broad Street, Fifth Avenue North, Mercer Street, Sixth Avenue North and then south in the SR 99 tunnel to Lumen Field. No personal vehicles will be included in the procession. Cross-street traffic will be temporarily held as the procession passes. The public is encouraged to allow additional travel time due to temporary traffic delays.

Below is the detailed route that will be taken:

• King County Metro Atlantic & Central Bases on 1500 6th Avenue South
• Left turn onto South Royal Brougham Way
• Right turn onto 4th Avenue South
• Continued onto 4th Avenue
• Continued onto 4th Avenue North
• Right turn onto Broad Street
• Left turn onto 5th Avenue North
• Right turn onto Mercer Street
• Right turn onto 6th Avenue North
• Left turn to merge onto southbound State Route 99
• Exit left toward South Royal Brougham Way
• Left turn onto South Royal Brougham Way
• Left turn onto Occidental Avenue South
• Right turn onto South King Street
• Right turn onto Stadium Place South, arrived

More information can be found on the King County Metro website.

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