Life In The Blue Zones: "Children crawl to safety as gunfire erupts near day care in Seattle's Central District"

 Article here. Per the article, "Dozens of kids reportedly crawled to safety when gunfire erupted right outside their day care. No children were hurt, but a man outside was shot off 23rd and Jackson in Seattle's Central District." According to the article, the man was shot multiple times, but it doesn't identify him or his condition and there was no motive or suspects identified. Another article, this one from the Seattle Times, relates:

    At least one bullet shattered a front window, and Washington, who plans to reopen the center on Thursday, said she was still cleaning up shattered glass. She’s also thinking of installing bulletproof glass, but that may not be feasible, given a $9,000 quote for a single pane.

    Washington said she’s been calling the offices of Mayor Bruce Harrell and other city leaders for the past two years, begging for help to address the shootings, drug overdoses and other criminal activity that plague the bus stop and parking lot directly across 23rd Avenue South from her business, which sits just north of the intersection with South Jackson Street.

    From her surveillance footage and videos she’s seen online, Washington said the shooter’s vehicle initially turned north out of the parking lot onto 23rd but then circled back and pulled alongside the victim, who was walking on the west side of Jackson.

    Washington said Harrell visited the day care on Tuesday and told her “he’s working behind the scenes to get things done.” She said it’s unfortunate it took a shooting outside her day care to get a response.

    “There’s been several shootings over the summer, but we go unnoticed here,” Washington said.

The Seattle Mayor released a statement essentially blaming the situation on his inheriting "a historic SPD staffing low"--without mentioning it was because of dumba** Democrat policies--but the City was trying to find police "applicants who share the values of the city and reflect the diversity of its communities." Maybe instead of looking for BIPOC/LGBTQ+ applicants, they should just consider hiring anyone that would be capable and competent.