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Seattle councilmembers call for community safety actions after recent shootings, plan local town halls
Summary
Multiple councilmembers described recent shootings and growing gun violence in Seattle neighborhoods and announced upcoming community safety town halls and targeted patrols, while urging resident responsibility and coordinated city responses.
Several Seattle councilmembers used the May 5 briefing to describe recent shootings in parks and neighborhoods, press for coordinated safety responses and announce community engagement events and targeted patrols.
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (note: transcript uses the name Solomon; for the record, the speaker is identified in the meeting as Councilmember Solomon) described a park shooting that wounded a 76-year-old woman and an 8-year-old girl and said the incident left families and children traumatized. "Why do we have people shooting…
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