12:58 AM: Seattle Police and Fire are outside the California/Erskine/Edmunds 7-11 in The Junction, where a 19-year-old man was found with what are described over the air as two gunshot wounds to the chest. Scanner traffic says they’re not sure yet what happened or when, as the victim is described as intoxicated and so they’re having trouble communicating with him. SFD Medic 32 is taking him to Harborview Medical Center.
1:19 AM: No word of an arrest, or suspect description, so far.
I wonder if this has any connection to the trouble that just happened here.
I am not expecting to be able to get further info on either incident until Tuesday.
I highly doubt it, it was probably one of the few places open to summon help.
Nothing says happy holidays like a shooting, pros don’t even take holidays off
Wow first the uptown espresso incident, then the 711 incident, and now this. When will the city council and mayor make public safety priority number one! This isn’t a perception issue and needs to be addressed.
The current mayor and city council will never get the job done. Wake up voters.
Short of stop-and-frisk, what exactly do you expect the authorities to do? If you have a secret plan to make people not shoot or rob other people, please run for office and make it happen. As far as I know, this has been an issue since the inception of the human race.
Police departments across the USA have been neutered by DOJ’s current policies that limit their ability to get the job done in controlling criminals and criminal activity.
This again. Do you really think if you repeat the same Fox news talking point ad infinitum that people will start believing it?
Voters’ Perception Of Crime Continues To Conflict With Reality: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/16/voters-perceptions-of-crime-continue-to-conflict-with-reality/
@John, are you trying to say that crime in Seattle isn’t increasing? If you are then you are mistaken. Here’s the supporting data: http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Seattle-Washington.html The link you posted has nothing to do with Seattle. Seattle crime has been on the rise since 2013.
Quit posting those crazy facts! Seattle needs far more police then what has been budgeted by the city government. Apparently pronto, bike lanes, ridiculous rent ordinances, and other worthless ordinances/proclamations by the mayor and council are far more pressing then public safety!
Latest data there from 2014. Some things are up, some things are down. However crime is hardly increasing at an out-of-control rate you’d think it was from reading the alarmist hyperbole in the comments here. And the link I cited, while not specific to Seattle, speaks to general phenomenon of anecdotes and perception being weighted more by some than actual data, which I believe is harmful.
Yeah except you’re trying to paint Seattle with the National average brush. As the Seattle stats show that there has been a steady decline in crime until the last few years when it has been steadily on the rise in almost every category.
Homicides maybe be on the decline in the national average, but you certainly wouldn’t tell Chicago that they’re being with their homicide concerns would you?
Jon Wright…Have you had a loved one shot in the Seattle area yet or have a loved one hooked on heroin yet? Crime and all of the gangs, criminal drug activity goes on 24/7 in the KingCounty/Seattle area which is a reality that some don’t want to see or know about. But it is all around us. That’s why we need to support a strong, efficient police force or just let it get completely out of control. Seattle doesn’t want to end up like Chicago, Detroit, Philly or does it?
Murder and substance abuse are not new phenomena. They are bad. But the alarmist hyperbole about huge increases in crime rates is not borne out by facts, that is my point. Seattle is pretty much as safe as it has ever been.
Have you tried talking to the Council, or just blasting your opinion on news articles?
Totally agree, Steve. The city officials are indifferent to safety and family life in Seattle. Job 1 for them is turning parks into homeless camps.
Perhaps if people had a living wage, adequate health care (including mental health care), education, employment opportunities, and a reason to do something productive … perhaps these things would not occur? The elephant in every room? Why are we spending more than 50% of each tax dollar on the military, and military bases in other countries (800+), instead of on our our own citizens? It’s all connected!
Hold on Sarah :)…There’s finally hope for jobs in the near future and following the rule of law for law enforcement.
So agree with you Sarah. Military = keeping up appearances. It only looks good on the surface.
As a veteran I completely disagree with you. What branch of service did either of you serve in?
No disrespect intended. However, I don’t think it takes serving in the military to see how much our tax dollars go toward the armed forces. Too much in my opinion.
JUME…What’s too much to keep USA safe? Military fraud schemes, contractors are stealing the tax payers dollars and putting patriotic military men and women at risk. It’s the fraud that needs to be uncovered. Military needs the best a dollar can buy to protect our country and keep themselves safe.
If you want to prevent war, be ready for war. Being ready for war costs money. I’d rather we spend money rather than lives.
My thoughts and prayers are with the young man and his family. What a tragic day.
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