King County Metro, community members and transit agencies will gather Jan. 10 to remember Shawn Yim, a bus driver tragically killed in December while on duty.

Richard Sitzlack was charged on Dec. 23 with killing Yim. According to court documents, Yim and Sitzlack began arguing about a window on the bus on Dec. 18 before Yim asked Sitzlack to exit the bus. Surveillance video reportedly showed Sitzlack pepper spraying Yim in the face before exiting the bus.

The 10 a.m. procession will be followed by a memorial service at WAMU Theater, by Lumen Field. Yim was stabbed last month by a bus rider in the U District.

Procession route for Shawn Yim’s memorial Slain Metro operator Shawn Yim will be remembered by a bus and transit vehicle procession tomorrow, Friday January 10th. The procession begins at

The procession and memorial will honor Shawn Yim, who was killed after an altercation with a rider on Dec. 18.

King County Metro has said to expect bus cancellations on Friday, January 10, as the community gathers to honor driver Shawn Yim.

On Friday at 10 a.m. a bus procession will make its way through downtown. It will begin at the Central Base Area on 6th Avenue, travel up 4th Avenue, turn onto Denny Way, then 2nd Avenue, and end at the Lumen Field Event Center, located at 800 Occidental Avenue South.

The union that represents transit operators in the Seattle area is planning a public memorial for later this week to honor Shawn Yim, the King County Metro driv

The commemoration will begin with a mid-morning procession of buses and transit vehicles through downtown Seattle to Shawn Yim's memorial service.

The commemoration will begin with a mid-morning procession of buses and transit vehicles through downtown Seattle to Shawn Yim's memorial service.