Civic leaders and hundreds of citizens gathered for a panel discussion Monday evening at Seattle’s Town Hall to discuss the urgent issue of violence in the city. After many shootings in the first half of 2012, gun violence was already a top issue for the mayor and community leaders, who called it a crisis. And then Ian Stawicki went on a rampage May 30, shocking the city and the nation by shooting and killing five people before killing himself. Below are pictures of the Town Hall meeting, after which people visited the parking lot to pay respects to one of Stawicki’s victims, Gloria Leonidas, who was killed when Stawicki stole her car there.
Above: People pay respects at the site of the recent killing of Gloria Leonidas in the Town Hall parking lot.
Above: Mayor Mike McGinn, center, appears on the panel. The Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat is seen at left.
Above: The panel addresses the tough topics of the night.
Above: Concerned citizens attended the meeting to listen to the panel and provide questions.
Above: Mayor Mike McGinn addresses the Town Hall audience.
Above: People pay respects at the site of the recent killing of Gloria Leonidas in the Town Hall parking lot.