VIDEO: It’s been a troubling past week at Albert Davis Park in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood. Two people were shot at a homeless encampment on Thursday. Then Friday, a series of propane explosions led to a fire at the park, burning up a tree and several tents.
The city of Seattle stated the fire department has responded to the park six times over the course of a single week.
“I woke up to my husband yelling, ‘They set the park on fire!’ And I’m like, ‘What?’” said Shannon Ellis-Brock, who lives across the street. “It was huge.”
As for the shooting, Seattle police said according to witnesses, someone went up to the door of a recreational vehicle at the park and shot a man inside. Another victim showed up at the hospital. Both survived.
“None of us have felt safe living here in a very long time. It’s scary,” Ellis-Brock said. “It’s sad it got to that point.”