Quicksilver
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We were driving back from Outback Sunday night - took my mom to dinner for Mother's day. All 5 of us were in the suburban, talking very happily about something until we pulled up to the stop light at gate 1. At the shell station on the corner of Pegg road were about 50 kids all jumping around, all looking very much like they belonged to a gang of some kind. As we were parked there at the red we started to hear what sounded like firecrackers going off - "What is going on?" My father muttered from the front seat and we all looked on rather concerned. The light turned green and I panned my eyes across the moving crowd of people as we began to accelerate. As I tracked further and further to the left I saw a tall kid with something in his hands - it looked like a long tube. He leveled it with the crowd of kids who were scattering from the other side of the gas station. All in a matter of seconds I saw him take aim and fire. Flame shot out of the end of the gun and a cloud of smoke rose up. I remember shouting something like, "Holy crap! That was a shotgun!" My sister looked over and saw the smoke rising as we pulled out of view. A friend of mine at work passed the shell station ten minutes after we did. There were no signs of any conflict. Two hours later another friend of mine drove by and it was business as usual.
I called the Enterprise yesterday morning and they were surprised as I was when they heard about it. The news editor wasn't in both times I called and the editor himself wasn't there the second time. I also called the state police but they said they wouldn't give out any information if the event was under investigation.
I went back to the shell station yesterday, parked on the far side of the pumps. It looked like someone had cleaned up, but within about 30 seconds of searching I found an unspent bullet and then 2 shell casings.
I talked to a woman last night who's daughter is a member of the state police. Apparently a large drug deal went down this weekend and there was a lot of violence locally; what amazes me is that I haven't heard a THING about it and not even St. Mary's Today has anything to say. The drive by shooting is making the headlines right now, and this is far more disconcerting.
I'm curious if anyone else saw this occuring or has heard about it - I think this event needs the news coverage it deserves - violence of this magnitude in our town is something people need to hear about.
I called the Enterprise yesterday morning and they were surprised as I was when they heard about it. The news editor wasn't in both times I called and the editor himself wasn't there the second time. I also called the state police but they said they wouldn't give out any information if the event was under investigation.
I went back to the shell station yesterday, parked on the far side of the pumps. It looked like someone had cleaned up, but within about 30 seconds of searching I found an unspent bullet and then 2 shell casings.
I talked to a woman last night who's daughter is a member of the state police. Apparently a large drug deal went down this weekend and there was a lot of violence locally; what amazes me is that I haven't heard a THING about it and not even St. Mary's Today has anything to say. The drive by shooting is making the headlines right now, and this is far more disconcerting.
I'm curious if anyone else saw this occuring or has heard about it - I think this event needs the news coverage it deserves - violence of this magnitude in our town is something people need to hear about.
