The Brief
- Community activists and residents gathered at Virgil Flaim Park, where a double homicide occurred earlier in the week, to demand change and accountability, particularly concerning a nearby homeless encampment.
- Nonprofit ‘We Heart Seattle’ launched ‘We Heart Lake City,’ aiming to place two park ambassadors to clean the park, build trust, and connect people to treatment, while seeking public support for funding.
- Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell stated the city cleared the encampment before the shooting, and activists emphasized the need for accountability and equitable park access, urging community action and police assistance in solving the homicide.
SEATTLE – Community activists are calling for change and accountability after Monday’s double homicide.
They gathered at Virgil Flaim Park on Friday, the same park where someone shot two men earlier this week. Those men died. Police are still searching for the suspected shooter.
On Friday, the group of about 20 people, made up of Lake City residents, as well as business owners and community activists said, ‘enough is enough.’ They said they gathered because they are saddened by Monday’s shooting, which happened near a growing homeless encampment.…