Here is an alarming statistic from a city that is almost 70% white. Of the 460 total gunshot victims last year, 85 percent were male, and 81 percent were people of color. Twenty-eight percent were young adults between the ages of 18 and 24, the report noted. Here are some of the recent Seattle shootings.
Seattle police have confirmed one man was shot in the 700 block of 3rd Avenue. The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center, the investigation is ongoing. 6 p.m. Saturday by a witness who told officers someone was shot at 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street. Responding officers did not find a victim, but they found a shell casing and blood droplets.
Police received a report about a man who was shot in both legs in the 400 block of Dexter Avenue North, according to the blotter post. The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with what police described as non-life-threatening injuries. Officers recovered evidence of a shooting at an encampment nearby.
Police received multiple reports of gunshots in the 4000 block of Rainier Avenue South, according to the post. Arriving officers found blood on the street and sidewalk, but they were unable to find any victims, police said. However, nearby buildings and a car were apparently damaged by gunfire, according to the post. Police found more than 30 shell casings in the area.
Police received a report of a shooting in an encampment in the 600 block of Northeast 55th Street, according to the blotter. Officers found a 31-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his leg. Seattle Fire Department medics treated the victim, who was then taken to Harborview, according to the post.
A man reported he was the victim of a drive-by shooting as he was driving home from work, police said. The man told police that he was turning into the intersection of Delridge Way Southwest and Southwest Trenton Street, when the driver behind him fired several shots at his vehicle and then drove away, according to the post.
