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Sounds like a delightful neighborhood. I guess that qualifies you to live in Long Beach. We don't get too much of that kind of thing in my immediate neighborhood (thankfully) but we sure as hell get our hands full of it overall as a city - there are some uber-trashy/ghetto areas around, some within just a few miles of here. Last similar incident was when a guy a few doors down I guess went nuts and was either coked up or cranked up on meth and barricaded himself in the place with his estranged girlfriend. Neighbors called the cops (hostage situation), cops barricaded the street off all day and eventually tried "communicating" with him via a cell phone tossed through a window. When the guy went for it, a sniper nailed him with a .50 cal. Boom. Over just like that. It was interesting to watch. Most of the riff-raff stays out of here. Usually. Although we do get it from time-to-time.

Glad you and your family/neighbors are okay; hopefully they get their property issues sorted out with insurance or whomever without too much difficulty. Sounds like an exciting day for you.

Not much to say other than wow. . . Another preventable urban tragedy centered around gangs and similar ghetto stupidity. Any idea yet what prompted this or whether it was random and he really was an otherwise good kid just "in the wrong place at the wrong time"? From the sound of it "hip hop in appearance" he might've been looking for it to some extent.

Those that glorify gangsta life and put it on a pedestal ought to think twice about it. You reap what you sow in this world. . .