Belltown residents fearful and frustrated with recent crime

Seattle police say an officer shot at a man suspected of dealing drugs on Friday; nobody was hit by the gunfire.

SEATTLE — Hours after a Seattle police officer shot at a suspected drug dealer in Belltown, residents said they’ve grown increasingly frustrated with crime and violence.

“Every single day, right behind there, from morning till freaking… 24/7,” one woman said of the drug-related activity near 3rd Avenue and Battery Street. “I carry my taser, my strobe light, my mace and a switch blade.”

She lives less than a block from where the Seattle Police Department (SPD) said an officer interrupted a drug deal

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