The Spotlight: 2022 sets records for shootings, thefts, drugs and death
The Spotlight may sound like a broken record because in 2022 so many records have been broken. Record numbers of shootings, thefts, drugs and deaths. All this data is collected on crime dashboards and, like a car that's been neglected, the warning lights on these dashboards have been flashing for months. Tacoma, Washington had 39 homicides as of Dec. 4, the city's deadliest year in four decades. Violence hit a new high in Seattle too. Shootings and shots fired calls are up 144% in Seattle in the last ten years.