shooting in front of my house today

codeinedreams · #1 08-12-2010, 02:31 PM

so I live in kind of a seedy neighborhood, with drug dealers, prostitutes, etc., and at about 10:30 am I heard 6 shots fired. then my driveway is sealed off with crime scene tape and there's cops everywhere and an ambulence. one person killed. I've noticed that when crazy things like that happen around here (maybe once a year), it tends to happen at about that time, between 10 and 11am or so as opposed to night time. any insight as to why that is? better visibility? knows where they're sleeping and waits until they get up? fewer people around? why am I asking bass players when I should be talking to the cops???

macaroni tony · #2 08-12-2010, 02:36 PM

probably the codeine

brothernewt · #3 08-15-2010, 12:45 PM

...they stop serving breakfast at mcdonalds.

Unrepresented · #4 08-15-2010, 01:20 PM

What city are you from?

I don't know why the killings in front of your house occur during the daylight, but it certainly increases the chances of:

a) having people on the street to shoot.
b) having an easy shot at someone. It's easier to sight a guy in daylight than in the dark.

Stingray89 · #5 08-15-2010, 01:47 PM

Damn, that's crazy. I guess they do it because it's easier to see the person but then again if you shoot someone during daylight it's easier to get caught.

Tommygunn · #6 08-15-2010, 01:54 PM

This is a rare occurrence?

Thunderscreech · #7 08-15-2010, 02:20 PM

So, what you're saying is, you'd rather be woken up from a decent sleep at 10 or 11 PM by gunfire?

McHaven · #8 08-15-2010, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by brothernewt

...they stop serving breakfast at mcdonalds.

greatest source of rage in the country.

Thunderscreech · #9 08-15-2010, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by McHaven

greatest source of rage in the country.

Agreed. At least Hardees serves until 11:30 am, but can't they all be like Bojangles are serve breakfast all day erryday?

**lowendfriend** · #10 08-15-2010, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by McHaven

greatest source of rage in the country.

FTW

MadMan118 · #11 08-15-2010, 04:25 PM

Its either McDonalds or that they ran out of meth from last night.

codeinedreams · #12 08-15-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by brothernewt

...they stop serving breakfast at mcdonalds.

there ya go! I knew that at least someone on TB had to have jammed with a hardened felon or gang member at some point to know about their hitman tactics!

MIJ-VI · #13 08-15-2010, 04:36 PM

Houses aren't bullet-proof. Please be as careful as you can.

254 stringer · #14 08-15-2010, 04:48 PM

six shots to kill one person damn thats sloppy keep your head down sounds like stray bullets everywhere

Pilgrim · #15 08-15-2010, 04:59 PM

Most stuff like that happens at night. A lot of drug deals happen than, and people have time to drink.

When I was a reserve deputy, we always figured that if it was after 5 and you saw a driver do something erratic, you should assume he was drunk until you proved to the contrary. You'd be right more often than wrong.

Night is the time when this stuff happens. I admit that if this happened in my driveway, I'd probably start looking for another place to live.

Thunderscreech · #16 08-15-2010, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMan118

Its either McDonalds or that they ran out of meth from last night.

that would explain six shots. shaky hands form lack of food/withdrawls.

this is what I never understood about drive-bys. why not take out the guy with a bolt-action and a scope?

hover · #17 08-15-2010, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by McHaven

greatest source of rage in the country.

that and runnin out of chykin mcnugges

MIJ-VI · #18 08-15-2010, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 254 stringer

six shots to kill one person damn thats sloppy keep your head down sounds like stray bullets everywhere

Weapons training from rap videos: single-handed, sideways pistol grip, barrel jerking wildly after the first shot.

Here in TO a few years ago a guy took a stray & fatal round to his chest while watching TV on the living room couch with his five-year-old-son.

In another incident an eleven-year-old boy took a stray slug in the throat as he participated in a family-oriented neighbourhood block party. It was the first time ever that his mom let him stay up past his usual 9 PM bed time.

There are many more examples of such 'marksmanship'.

I used to believe in gun control. Now I believe in goon control.

The city fathers of Kennesaw, Georgia got it right. And so did legislators in Louisiana.

Unrepresented · #19 08-15-2010, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Pilgrim

I admit that if this happened in my driveway, I'd probably start looking for another place to live.

Law of averages says he's not due for a while. I think he'd be much more endangered to live in a house that hasn't had a recent killing in front of it.

Thunderscreech · #20 08-15-2010, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MIJ-VI

Weapons training from rap videos: single-handed, sideways pistol grip, barrel jerking wildly after the first shot.

Here in TO a few years ago a guy took a stray & fatal round to his chest while watching TV on the living room couch with his five-year-old-son.

In another incident an eleven-year-old boy took a stray slug in the throat as he participated in a family-oriented neighbourhood block party. It was the first time ever that his mom let him stay up past his usual 9 PM bed time.

There are many more examples of such 'marksmanship'.

I used to believe in gun control. Now I believe in goon control.

The city fathers of Kennesaw, Georgia got it right. And so did legislators in Louisiana.

Richmond, Virginia did it right to. automatic 10 year minimum sentence for anyone caught committing a crime with a handgun. that means if it is on your person, you get 10 years minimum.

Richmond was once the murder capital of the world, too, at one point.