Shortly before 8:30 PM PST on January 20, 2017 (Inauguration Day), a man was shot once in the abdomen in Red Square outside Kane Hall at the University of Washington during protests against a Milo Yiannopoulos speaking event sponsored by the UW College Republicans. UW Alert sent four text and email notifications that night beginning at approximately 10:40 PM PST, and the university initially reported that the suspect was at large before arrests were eventually made. The victim, 34-year-old Joshua Dukes, survived. Elizabeth Hokoana was later charged with first-degree assault and her husband Marc Hokoana with third-degree assault for the shooting and use of pepper spray; the criminal case ended in a mistrial and subsequent dismissal.
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Campus Alert Archive. "University of Washington: Person shot in the abdomen during protests outside a speaking event at Kane Hall." Incident of January 20, 2017. Added May 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-washington-red-square-shooting-2017-01-20/
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