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Seattle City Council looking to increase gun violence prevention funding as shootings rise
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Shootings have increased over the past year in Seattle, with a deadly shooting at Ingraham High School just this week. Now some city councilmembers want to put more money toward preventing these crimes.
City Councilmember Lisa Herbold is proposing increasing the budget for gun violence prevention from $1.5 million to $2.1 million. That is about a 30% increase.
The budget will be discussed Monday, November 14 and is expected to be finalized on November 29.
Families impacted by gun violence say they don't have a perfect solution, but something needs to change as shootings continue to take people's lives.
Adriel Webb, 18, was shot and killed at a gas station in the Central District of Seattle two years ago.
"He had just graduated 30 days before he got killed, he had just graduated,” said Kayla Travis-Jackson, who dated Webb before the shooting.
Webb was killed just two months before Travis-Jackson gave birth to their son, Kamari.
“He doesn't know his dad,” said Travis-Jackson. “He's only going to know him through pictures and memories, and that alone breaks my heart.”
Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-gun-violence-prevention-funding/281-0f456459-ea5b-49b5-b0e1-3228950cf45a