Chicago Bus Shooting (That's Racist R)
white_tea
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So CNN had some "live on the scene" coverage of a supposed "suspicious incident" at a Colorado high school. Don't think anything came of it, but they had that on the air and on the front page of their web site for a while yesterday. Meanwhile, somebody opens fire on a Chicago city bus, shooting five people and killing a teenager. The gunman is still at large. This happened right by a school and, involves high school students. But it's on the far South Side and no one really gives a f^ck. I haven't heard much national coverage at all on this, just a few graphs in the local media. Can't say I'm surprised, but this is extra pathetic given the media is frothing at the mouth for the student shooters.
CTA shooting kills teenGunman opened fire on Roseland bus, injuring 4 other Julian High School students Advertisement By Angela Rozas and Emma Graves Fitzsimmons, Tribune staff reportersTribune staff reporter Dan P. Blake contributed to this reportMay 11, 2007A young man who boarded a CTA bus in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood opened fire Thursday afternoon, killing one student and injuring four others, officials said.The man got on an eastbound 103rd Street bus at Halsted Street and pulled a gun as the bus neared Lowe Avenue about 3:15 p.m., police said. He opened fire, wounding three girls and two boys, between the ages of 16 and 18, who were students at nearby Julian High School. The bus driver pulled over, and the gunman got off the bus and ran southbound, police said. Three of the wounded students were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where one boy, Blair Holt, who had been shot in the chest, died Thursday night, hospital officials said. Two girls were in fair condition.Holt's mother, Annette Holt, is a Chicago Fire Department captain, said department spokeswoman Eve Rodriguez. Another student who was shot on the bus is the daughter of a Chicago firefighter, she said.One student was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park and another to Roseland Community Hospital, a Chicago Fire Department spokeswoman said. Their injuries were not believed to be life threatening, police said.Police said they did not believe it was a random shooting and were reviewing footage from a camera inside the bus."We have very good information, and we're confident we'll be able to identify him," Assistant Deputy Police Supt. Eugene Williams said Thursday evening.Police said officers would fan out across the South Side neighborhood on Friday, and school officials planned to have additional security and counseling staff at Julian.A man heading home from work said he was driving near 103rd and Lowe as the passengers fled the bus."I saw a bunch of kids leaving the bus ... they looked scared," said Oscar Hamon. "Everyone jumped off the bus running scared and crying. I knew something was wrong."CTA officials were working with police in the investigation, including providing the camera footage. Each bus has at least four cameras on board, said CTA spokeswoman Sheila Gregory."The security cameras have proven very helpful in the past when we've investigated incidents," she said.News of the shooting spread during a student fashion show Thursday night at Julian, which is about a mile from the site of the shooting.School Principal William Harris said he was receiving calls from parents, but would not comment because he did not have confirmed information about the shooting. He did emphasize that the shooting did not happen at the school.Many Julian students take the 103rd Street bus home, said 18-year-old senior Marissa Brown."Everybody takes the bus home," she said. "They were just going home after school."Brown, a friend of Holt's, said Holt was a popular student known for dressing well and making people smile. He enjoyed rap music."I couldn't believe it," Brown said of hearing that her childhood friend had died. "He was nice. He was fun. He just made everybody laugh."Brown said she feared going to school on Friday because someone might retaliate.Speculation swirled about the cause of the shooting. Some students said there was a fight at the school on Wednesday. Others lamented what they said was an ongoing gang feud in the school, while others said it was in the neighborhood.Sophomore Dimico Galloway, 15, said one of the victims is a friend and he saw her shortly before her last class ended before 3 p.m. He said the high school was safe, and that fights can happen at any school.
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Re: That Plainfield woman, I guess it's the typical Missing White Woman Syndrome, but in this case, it looks like she was probably murdered or something, probably the husband. Very suspect to just go missing like that. But yeah, not enough coverage ever of people who turn up missing.
In lighter news, how did that Butterfly Lounge party go? I was going to go but was too depressed after the Bulls game. I definitely want to check out that place though. How much do the organic brews run?
but butterfly was dope, the a/c was busted, so it was mad hot up in there but we had a good 50-60 people there at the peak.. it's kind of a smaller space so that was more than enough heads. we'd were spinning new/old funk, brazilian funk, underground/kufi rap, and classics. went over pretty well.. metromix was filming all night, hopefully my soundbytes make the cut. the brews are cheap considering, $5 for an ill pale ale.. but i'd recommend the weiss if you feel like balling, $10.. but it's the best weiss you'll ever drink.
on a sidenote, we're gonna bring in phil cohran next month to do a mini-set!
but back on topic, the picking and choosing of news stories has always been interesting to me. the plainfield woman is of interest to whom? and how many people/communities does it effect? not to devalue her life, but the story is straight outta an episode of CSU, whereas the southside shooting is REAL.
definitely down for this
stay tuned. hypnotic brass is next. btw, happy b-day deej!
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