[sammyg2]

Several months ago there was a gang-related shooting near a high school in LA. The next day there was another shooting in a high school, in the other gang's area. A young girl was also killed just because sahe was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sice then I've noticed an increase in shootings, especially on or near the harbor freeway and 405. Could it be a coicidence? Sure. Is it? I don't thnik so. It is simply an observation that could probably be backed up with trending statistics. The observation has nothing to do with a racial dislike or anything like that, it is just a reality that some folks dont want to hear.

It's happening in LA and also in the Long Beach area including wilmington, (3 shootings there in 2 weeks, 2 of them ending in shootouts with cops) with what seems like more frequency. It also seems that the shootings are more violent and blatent in that multiple shooters open up on a crowd, in daylight, etc. Lots of folks out there getting less shy about their target practice. they're even shooting at cops. Used to be the cowards would drive by a house at night and spray it with bullets as they passed, now they walk up and fire away and don't walk away until they are out of ammo.
Maybe they've watched too many episodes of the sopranos? Some of the shootings are looking more and more like the over the top mafia hits you see portrayed on the boob tube.