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Gun violence in King County continues rise to crisis levels July 22, 2021 at 4:05 pm
Police secure the scene of a shooting at 3rd Avenue and Pine Street on Jan. 22, 2020, in the central business district of Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
A new report indicates that King County continues to see an increase in gun violence in the first half of 2021, after an increase of nearly 200 incidents over that same period last year.
In total, the county identified 580 total shots fired incidents in the first two quarters of 2021. That marked an increase of roughly 33% over the four-year average between 2017 and 2020. There was also a 61% increase in shooting victims.