2 17 Kin g C oun ty Firear m Violence

2017 Shootings By Month

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In King C ounty, 57 people were killed with ﬁrearms in 2017 and an additional 183

people were wounded by a ﬁrearm but survived their injuries. These numbers come

from the 8 agencies that have historically had the most gun violence, and do not

include suicides or ofﬁcer involved shootings. 83% of the victims were male; 83% of

the victims were people of color; and 49% of the victims were under the age of 25.

In addition to the 240 shooting incidents that resulted in injury or death, there were

687 shots ﬁred incidents veriﬁed through shell casings, damage to property from bullet

strikes, or eyewitnesses.