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Seattle Goes Deadly as Four Killed in Weekend of Violence

July 26, 2021 By Dave Workman

Four people were murdered in Seattle over the weekend, bringing the year’s total so far to 28.

Seattle, a city once known for its laid-back lifestyle and far-left politics, is making headlines of a different kind following a violent weekend during which four people were fatally shot, leaving outgoing Mayor Jenny Durkan speaking in familiar platitudes.

“Tackling gun violence has no easy solutions,” she told reporters. “This level of gun violence in Seattle and our country cannot become our new normal, which is why we are moving forward with a multi-prong strategy in our region to take guns off the street, invest in community led solutions, create a comprehensive support system for young people at risk of gun violence, and appropriately hold individuals accountable for acts of violence. I also want to thank the officers and first responders who quickly responded to secure the separate scenes and provide aid – nearly every officer in our city responded to these incidents while continuing urgent 911 calls.”

Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz said in a video, “We’ve got to figure out a way to get the guns off the streets.”

But as KVI-AM morning host John Carlson, whose father was a police officer, suggested Monday morning, the discussion should really be about getting criminals off the streets.

This brings the number of slayings in Seattle to 28 for the year so far, according to the Twitter page Seattle Homicide. Last year, Seattle recorded 52 murders, and there are still five months remaining in the year.

However, murders in Seattle are lagging behind those of Portland, Oregon, where more than 50 slayings have been logged so far in 2021. The situation in Portland has deteriorated to the point that some consider the Rose City to be in chaos.

Liberty Park Press reached out to the Seattle mayor’s office and the King County Prosecutor’s Office for details about the suspects in any of these incidents. Questions including whether the individuals were licensed to carry concealed handguns, their race, age and whether they were legally armed have yet to be answered.

All of the Seattle killings happened on Sunday, beginning with a homicide at about 2 a.m. and unfolded over the next 22 hours. None of the shootings was apparently related, according to KING-5 News, the Seattle NBC affiliate.

According to rival KOMO, the ABC affiliate, “Police detectives are working overtime” on all the crime scenes. The police department has lost more than 250 officers over the past couple of years, according to Diaz. The past 17 months have seen the biggest departure amid calls for “defunding” the department. Monday saw Diaz and Durkan appealing for more police funding and explaining why the department cannot respond to all calls quickly,and priority calls get attention.

Still, the mayhem in Seattle doesn’t come close to what happened over the weekend in Chicago, where eight people were murdered and 52 others injured, according to WMAQ News, the local NBC affiliate.

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Filed Under: 2nd Amendment, Politics Tagged With: 'Gun violence', Chicago, Homicide, Portland, Seattle

About Dave Workman

Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist with an expertise in firearms and the outdoors. He is the author of several books dealing with firearms politics. He has a degree in editorial journalism from the University of Washington and is a lifelong Washington resident.

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