What's happening to my little slice of paradise??

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ldytgrs_11

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So, last night I'm sitting in the bar (I know, shocker...) drinking club soda (no, really) chatting with people, and generally having a good time. Suddenly there's a loud *POP* from outside, and my spidey sense goes crazy. Then four more in quick succession. *POPPOPPOPPOP* Someone says, "Were those gunshots?" I'm off my barstool walking to the side door. I look outside and down the street and see a young man lying in the road next to a car. I yell to the bartender "someone has been shot, call the cops" (it's faster to call the actual police station here than 911)

Moments later, police show up, followed quickly by an ambulance. Some of the bar patrons go outside to be nosy, and the rest, along with the bar tender, go to the side doors to rubber-neck. I went to have a cigarette. One dude comes back inside and says "Oh, it's just some drug dealer called 'chumi'. They've been after him for a while now."

Chumi took at least one shot to the head, and the rest in the torso. He was still alive when the ambulance took him away, but he didn't last long.. And some of these guys I'm sitting with at the bar were making jokes about it before the ambulance had even left. I was not amused. I ordered a vodka and soda. I can quit drinking another night.

This shit has been happening more and more frequently here. This is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes. What used to be a quiet little island, with one homicide every couple of years, is quickly turning very ugly. It's just about time I got the fuck out of here.
 
That is terrible, regardless of the fact that he was a drug dealer. Were you putting serious thought into moving? There are lots of quiet small towns here in the US.
 
Come to Houston. Similar humidity, your bilingualism will provide opportunities, and our economy isn't exactly at a stand still. Besides, we have great Mexican food, and Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio aren't very far. Even New Orleans isn't really all that far. ;)
 
Doesn't seem like he was all that shook up about it to me.

Besides, one to the head, a few to the torso... no strays. Nothing to really worry about if you yourself aren't a piece of shit that deserves a lead sammich. ;)
 
There was a homicide in my area... I think... 13 years ago... and it was the first in 100 years. Seriously.
 
So, I just heard that the guy who shot Chumi was gunned down today. And several other bodies have been found this week. Two of them decapitated. There's a major drug war going on. It's not that I'm totally adverse to scumbags wasting scumbags, but when you're a witness to it, it's not very cool. I was shaken, and didn't feel safe in one of my favorite places to hang out. Also, it's going to have a negative impact on my ability to score weed. I guess it doesn't matter, I'm quitting that for a while too.
 
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