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Seattle 4th of July weekend gun violence includes CD drive-by, Cal Anderson shots fired

It was nothing like Chicago where more than 30 people were reportedly shot in gunfire incidents over the 4th of July holiday, but Seattle experienced its own wave of gun violence over the weekend including a serious shooting near a homeless camping area in the ID and a bout of gunplay in Cal Anderson Park.

In the most serious incident, gun violence near a homeless camping area on Airport Way S sent a woman to the hospital with life threatening injuries Sunday night.

Seattle Police also said it took two firearms into possession over the weekend in shooting incidents around the city including a reported Saturday night drive-by near the Central District’s Judkins Park:

 

Witnesses called 911 at 8:45 PM Saturday night when they saw a man displaying a handgun in Judkins Park. Officers arriving in the area reported hearing multiple gunshots and seeing a white Lexus with no plates speeding away. Officers pursued the vehicle until it crashed into a fence at 14 Ave S. and S. State St. The driver attempted to flee the scene on foot, but was quickly caught by a K-9 unit. Officers searched the suspect and found a handgun. Officers booked the suspect into King County Jail.

East Precinct increased patrols across the Central District following a pair of weekend shootings in May.

Some of those booms on Capitol Hill over the weekend, meanwhile, were not fireworks. Police swarmed into Cal Anderson Park early Saturday morning around 2:30 AM after an officer reported hearing gunfire in the area. Multiple 911 callers also reported hearing around 10 shots near the park. Witnesses told police that two men were seen running and getting into a black Mercedes before driving away on 11th Ave following the shots. Police were not able to immediately locate the car.

The weekend gun violence comes in the wake of a Seattle Pride marred by a mass shooting in Orlando and stepped-up security around the city. Seattle is also considering longer-term solutions to attempt to curb gun violence. In June, Mayor Ed Murray announced a proposal for a test of gunshot detection technology in the city in “neighborhoods most impacted by gun violence, including the Central District and Rainier Valley.” A federal grant will pay for the project. The technology is unlikely to be deployed around Capitol Hill. Following last November’s drive-by shooting at Broadway and Pike, officials said that the detection technology wasn’t effective in noisy city environments.

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ooppoddoo
7 years ago

UGH..it was actually pretty quiet for this time of year at Cal Anderson Park until after midnight. The personal fireworks came out and for whatever reason some people think an M-80 at 1am is a good thing. Finally fell asleep around 2am [wasn’t easy] and missed the shots fired. Very good to hear no one was apparently injured.