2017 King County

Firearm Violence
King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office - Crime Strategies Unit
paocsu@kingcounty.gov

In King County, 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 927
the victims were people of color; and 49% of the victims were under the age of 25. verified shots
In addition to the 240 shooting incidents that resulted in injury or death, there were fired incidents
687 shots fired incidents verified through shell casings, damage to property from bullet
strikes, or eyewitnesses.

2017 Shootings By Month Homicide Non-fatal Injury

JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
Shooting Victim
Demographics 83% Male
200/240 Victims
17% Female
40/240 Victims
16

14
Number of Shooting Victims

12 *49% of shooting victims under age 25*

10
0-17 yrs 18-24 yrs 25-29 yrs 30+ yrs
8

0
14

17

20

23

26

29

32

35

38

41

44

47

50

53

56

59

62

65

68

71

74
Age of Victim

17.01%

55.19% 17.84% While people of color

5.81%
1.24%
2.90% make up around 29%
of King County's
Victim Race population, they
disproportionally
Black or African American White Hispanic or Latino account for 83% of
Asian American Indian or Alaskan Native shooting victims.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
 In 2017, 26 defendants in King County were
Charged Defendant charged by KCPAO with murder or
manslaughter charges arising from a shooting.

Demographics Of those defendants, 85% were people of color

and 58% were under the age of 25.
15.38%

14
53.85% 23.08%
0.00% 12
3.85%
3.85%
10

Defendant Race 6

2
Black or African American White Hispanic or Latino
0

Asian American Indian or Alaska Native 0-17 18-24 25-39 40-49 50+
Age of Defendant

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Although the City of Seattle had the highest total number of

Agency Totals both firearm homicide and non-fatal shooting victims, 67% of
the firearm homicide victims and 54% of the non-fatal
shooting victims were from agencies outside the city limits.
80

60

40

20

0
Homicide Nonfatal

Seattle KCSO Kent Federal Way

Renton Tukwila Auburn

Heat map of 2017 homicide and nonfatal shootings