02-22-2008, 07:08 PM
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How about this case on the other side of the country, also this week:
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Neighbors: High-Risk Lifestyle Kills Too Many
(Rochester, N.Y.) -- Around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Brent Coley and his friend, Da’marri Shaw, both 15-years-old, were inside 334 Wilkins Street, with several others, when one or more individuals broke into the house and opened fire.
Both boys were shot and later pronounced dead at Strong Memorial Hospital.
Police said robbery was a possible motive; they found a large amount of drugs and cash in the home. However, it’s not clear if the boys had been selling drugs, or if they were visiting the house.
Neighbors are saddened and scared, but not surprised at the events. The next-door neighbor said he thought the house was vacant.
Teresa Blount is raising her children on Wilkins Street.
"It's scary baby, it's very scary, because your heart is always going to be pounding,” she said. “You could just be walking out here in your yard and bullets flying across your head. That's sad.”
Neighbors feel the high-risk lifestyle has killed too many young lives. They feel helpless to do anything about it.
Another neighbor, Mary Pinkins, said, "I get tired of hearing about kids getting killed in the streets everyday. I'm tired of everything that's going on around here, but what can you do? If I had the money to move I wouldn't be here, I'd be somewhere else."
One woman, who has lived on the block for 20 years, said she's moved her bedroom to the back of the home, out of fear for a stray bullet.
There have been no arrests in this case. Anyone with any information about this crime is urged to call CrimeStoppers at (585) 423-9300. Callers remain anonymous and could receive a cash reward if their information leads to an arrest.
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"It's scary baby, it's very scary, because your heart is always going to be pounding,” she said. “You could just be walking out here in your yard and bullets flying across your head. That's sad.”
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Yes, it is sad.
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One woman, who has lived on the block for 20 years, said she's moved her bedroom to the back of the home, out of fear for a stray bullet.
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Gun nuts talk a lot about freedom. Where is the freedom for these citizens? They have to live in fear of stray bullets taking them out while they're in their yard or bedroom. How is that freedom? Ask these people if freedom means having guns or living without fear of stray bullets. I'm betting I know how they'll answer. |
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