Another Shooting Across the Street

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Yesterday, about 3:30 in the afternoon, we had another shooting just across the street. This time it's someone I know. There is a family that lives across the street from me with a teenage boy (probably 15 or 16). Yesterday, some crazy person drove up and parked in their driveway and shot the boy and ran off leaving the Jeep SUV behind. Since there were no license plates on the car, my guess is that it was stolen. I think the boy is okay because he was sitting up and talking when they put him in the ambulance. He's heavy set and the fat on him may have saved his life. The curious thing about this shooting is that I never heard a gunshot and neither did a lot of people. That makes me wonder if a silencer was used since it was the middle of the day. That's an unusual thing for gang members but I guess it's not unheard of. I think it was pretty bold for the guy to do it in broad daylight. The mother of the boy who was shot collapsed in hysterics and they had to help her back to her apartment. Several people thought they were going to have to take her to the hospital as well. I was surprised that neither of the boy's parents went with him to the hospital in the ambulance. The boy had to have been scared out of his wits and I know that I would never have let my child go to the hospital without me by his/her side. I know his mother was too distraught and maybe the father had to stay to care for her briefly. I saw his dad standing out in front of their building last evening but it was late and I wasn't going to dress to go ask him about the boy at that time of night. I'll try to check with him today so I can find out about both the boy and his mom. I'll let you know more when I do.