Seattle Residents Battle Violent Pimps with No Help from the Mayor
Residents of Seattle's Aurora Avenue are facing increasing violence from turf wars among pimps. In response to the lack of action from city officials, they have taken matters into their own hands by erecting barricades to protect their neighborhoods. The situation has escalated to the point where bullets have entered homes, endangering families and children.
- ▪The number of shootings connected to pimps in Seattle has increased over the past year.
- ▪Residents have constructed their own barricades to prevent gunmen from accessing residential streets.
- ▪There have been 95 separate shootings in the neighborhood in the past two years.
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Seattle Residents Battle Violent Pimps with No Help from the Mayor John Sexton 8:00 PM | May 26, 2026 AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson Aurora Avenue in North Seattle is well-known as a place where prostitutes can be found. This has been going on for a decade if not longer. The prostitutes are transported and controlled by male pimps who frequently get into disagreements over who controls which parts of the public street. In the past year the number of shootings connected to the pimps has gone up. This report is from July of 2024. At the time, the city had set up concrete barriers on some streets to prevent the pimps from spreading the violence into residential neighborhoods.
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