‘Somebody protect our kids’ | Students, parents call for lasting change after another shooting outside Garfield High School

“In this particular situation, in this particular circumstance, they’re not paying attention and children are dying or being shot at, all the time,” one parent said.

SEATTLE — Dozens of students and parents gathered outside of Garfield High School on Friday morning to call for immediate change to address gun violence — less than 24 hours after a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in the parking lot.

The shooting is one of multiple that have taken place outside Garfield this year, including a shootout between two cars near the school’s campus in April, and a drive-by shooting that injured a 17-year-old girl in March.

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