On Monday, December 14th at 11:02 PM EST, I heard 20-25 shots fired somewhere nearby. Judging by the sound, there were multiple firearms in use by multiple shooters. One sounded like a shotgun, but let fly with over five shots so I'm thinking more like an SKS or something.
This is not the Midnight Shooter.
For one thing, the time is all wrong. For another, this sounded more like some kind of Iwo Jima starting up. Well-now, me being a relatively sober, civic minded citizen of the United States, I called 9-1-1 immediately and reported shots fired. The nine-eleven operator asked me if I wanted to talk to the police, and I replied that it wasn't necessary.
Five minutes later I could hear the first siren wailing away in the distance. It was joined by a second, then a third, then an entire parking lot full of emergency vehicles got into the act. It stayed that way for a solid twenty minutes, and various vehicles with flashing lights passed my house. The CPD came by with the hammer down, maybe five or six cars. I counted two meat wagons, one fire truck, and a final CPD unit bringing up the rear. Probably older guys, as they have better sense than the young ones.
We'll see what's on the morning news, but I'm guessing a drive-by. Looks like Machine Gun Alley is living up to its name.
Update:
20-Year-Old Killed, 16-Year-Old Injured in East Columbus Shooting
From the article:
Officers were called to the 6100 block of East Livingston Avenue near Brice Road around 11 p.m.
Police found two people shot.
20-year-old Osjahnique Eugia [STET] Nicole Giles got a meat wagon ride to Mount Carmel East Hospital where she cashed in her chips. Her 16-year-old companion went to the hospital and is expected to recover. Physically, that is.
No, I don't know how to pronounce her name, even phonetically.
If you believe the local talking heads, the CPD said that the actual shooting happened on E Livingston Ave near I-270, which is West of where Osjahnique and the teenager were found by police.
CPD Detectives have no motive and no leads.
So it's either gang-related or road rage. Or both. Given the current political climate, I'd check to see if the car is sporting a Biden/Shaniqua bumper sticker.
Good luck with this one. I'm betting it goes unsolved.
4 comments:
I was in a back room of mu house last summer and heard pop pop pop pow pow.
I called 9-11 and reported a shooting at the 7-11 around the corner.
She asked if I witnessed it and I said audibly.
How did I know it was there?
Where else?
I mentioned .40 and .45s involved.
Read all about it later. Got the calibers right, too. :)
I did not guess that a middle aged woman was involved, though.
In other previously touched on stories here...
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-serving-life-for-trafficking-teen-girl-seeks-compassionate-release-due-to-covid-19.html
Ah yes, sumdood be pissed and some 'other' dood...
Ed: The 9-1-1 operator always asks if you saw anything. No ma'am, I didn't. I didn't go out looking, either. Then they start up with the trivia questions. The final question, "Do you want to talk to the police?" is a definite negative for me. Get a bunch of cops out on a shooting - do you really want to shoot the breeze with these guys?
CW: I followed that one from the paper. That was one of the worst instances of abuse within a church that I've seen. Now he wants out. I'd give him ten days before he shows up at an old-fashioned necktie party as the guest of honor.
Old NFO: If it isn't drugs, the fight started at a bar somewhere. If it didn't, the cops will never catch the killers on this one, as no one knew anyone else. I know of one shooting in a bar in the North End of Toledo, and nobody saw a thing. All 28 men were in the men's room - well, except for the one leakin' on the floor. The ladies were all in the men's room too.
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