‘We have to do better:’ After son’s shooting death in Rainier Beach, mother calls for community action

By Sara Jean Green 
Seattle Times staff reporter

After a busy Mother’s Day on Sunday, Alicia Dassa had already gone to bed when her husband asked their 18-year-old son to move their car to a spot that had opened in front of their house on 51st Avenue South in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood.

She heard gunshots.
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“That’s normal around here,” Dassa said of her neighborhood. “I didn’t even get out of bed.”

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