The city of Seattle saw more reported murders in 2020 than in more than a quarter-century, the city’s top cop recently announced.
Fifty people were killed in the Washington city last year – a 61% jump from the 31 murders reported in 2019, Seattle police Chief Adrian Diaz said in a public memo Monday. "This was the highest number of murders in 26 years," Diaz wrote. "This is unacceptable.
We cannot tolerate this level of violence." Of the 50 homicides, 60% were carried out with the use of a gun and most victims were men between the ages of 18 and 49, Diaz said.
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