Gun violence continues to drop in King County with firearm homicides and injuries hitting a five-year low in the second quarter of 2025.

New data released Thursday, July 24 by King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion shows King County is experiencing a decrease in gun violence that began in 2024, continued in the first quarter of 2025, and now is confirmed to have continued into the second quarter of this year, according to a King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office press release.

The 2024 numbers showed that gun violence levels in the county were trending downward for the first time since 2018. Then, 2025 began with the safest first quarter (January through March) in terms of gun violence in the past five years. Now, the data shows the following three months (April through June) o

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