North Seattle Residents Press City Leaders After Multiple Shootouts
Residents have built makeshift barricades as police increase late-night patrols and deploy undercover detectives to curb nearly nightly gunfire tied to prostitution activity.
- Seattle residents placed planter boxes across North 97th, 98th, and 102nd streets to block vehicle traffic during nightly shootings, prompting public safety adviser Alison Holcomb to meet neighbors Saturday morning after the seventh shooting in less than two weeks.
- Gun violence tied to prostitution has escalated dramatically, with 95 shootings in two years leaving families terrified as pimps shoot at each other on residential blocks where children wait for buses and infants sleep.
- Jake's home was struck by gunfire two feet above his baby's bassinet during a late-night shooting; residents documented 13 shell casings after incidents and report waking to gunfire three or four nights weekly.
- Residents testified Tuesday before the Seattle City Council's Public Safety Committee that they feel abandoned, while Councilmember Robert Kettle, chair of the committee, acknowledged the violence is unacceptable and pledged a comprehensive response including increased patrols and undercover operations.
- Neighbor Kendall Gregory argued the city's criminalization of prostitution without enforcement created the crisis, residents referenced North 101st Street's prior closure as precedent, and public safety adviser Holcomb revealed police deployment is constrained by Seattle Police Officers Guild collective bargaining agreements.
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