A fundraiser is hoped to help raise money for Jameson’s headstone
This fundraiser helped raise money to support the family of Rober Fleeks
The Seattle Police Department continues to investigate two deadly shootings that took place within three weeks of each other on Capitol Hill this fall as families have called for justice.
18-year-old Jaydon Jameson was killed and a second victim was shot in the leg in a shooting at Broadway and Pike the night of October 9th.
26-year-old Robert Fleeks was shot and killed a few blocks away on September 17th inside a gold Chevy Tahoe he was driving at 10th and Pike.
Police have released few details in either shooting but have asked the public for help in its investigations.
Jameson’s family says the teen was well-known by the community of the Lummi Reservation near Bellingham where he grew up. “When we lose someone, it’s not just within that family—it’s our whole community that hurts. For Indigenous people everywhere, we all hurt from it,” a loved one told KING 5.
Meanwhile, family and loved ones said Fleeks was on Capitol Hill picking up pizza when he was gunned down and had been looking forward to the birth of his child. “”My son, he is a human, he is a person, he belongs to a whole bunch of family, he is connected, no one deserves to lose their life for no reason at all,” the victim’s mother told Q13.
Both families have called for more attention on the cases.
SPD was investigating links between the two cases but has not announced any new updates or arrests in the homicide cases.
The area’s City Council representative says the city can do more to make the area safer. District 3 representative Joy Hollingsworth released a five-point plan of “immediate actions” needed to address the ongoing safety issues in the area, including initiatives first sparked a year ago when Breanna Simmons was gunned down on 11th Ave.
The Simmon case also remains unsolved.
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