Growing Seattle Homeless Encampment Sets Up Swimming Pool, Terrifies Elderly Neighbors With Gunfire, Thievery

‘All of this is ludicrous,’ one retiree who lives in the elder community apartments across the street from the encampment said. ‘These people come in and totally trash the place.’

AP/Ted S. Warren, file
A Seattle police officer during the clearing and removal of a homeless encampment in Westlake Park at downtown Seattle, March 11, 2022. AP/Ted S. Warren, file

A growing homeless encampment at Seattle, which now includes its own swimming pool, is leaving the neighborhood angry and fearful as violence and theft become more commonplace, highlighting the struggles of Seattle and other major American cities in dealing with the homelessness epidemic. 

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