Two of the five victims injured by the gunfire were a part of the community’s safety outreach program hosting a “community healing” event meant to oppose acts of violence.
in a Safeway parking lot in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood July 29, and will continue its community gatherings. , said this was the first violent incident since the organization started holding events in the parking lot during the pandemic three years ago. The club started holding community healing events in the Safeway lot in the summer of 2020 after two other young men lost their lives to gun violence there.
“I wish we could have known whatever it is you’re going through that caused you to spray this whole parking lot and not have any regard for these people behind me and other people in the space,” Jackson said publicly during the meeting. “Our community has felt troubled. We have been traumatized by everything is not just has taken place in our neighborhood but the traumatic events that have taken place all over the city of Seattle.
Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz attended a community meeting in the Rainier Beach area last week to address the community’s safety concerns, relaying the message that the department is taking action. “I want people to feel comfortable going about doing their work and really trying to bring the community together,” Diaz said at the safety meeting last week. A mobile precinct is now on site.
The percentage of nightlife-related shootings and shots fired nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021, according to Seattle Police Department’s
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