Posted on 07/19/2005 9:54:28 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
You've got it rough there, don't you, gal?
LOL!
No, and anyway Fibber Mcgee and Molly live in Wistful Vista, silly.
LOL!
I think he was referring to their brains, not their mouths.
"You've got it rough there, don't you, gal?"
Well, for one, I stay the h#ll out of Mr. Kool's, and secondly, I am one of armed citizens; not that that helps much in an ambush, LOL! ;)
LOL!!!
My "you" was more of a collective, than a personal :)
I don't know, but for some reason it struck me odd about this happening in Wisconsin.
Well, Shazam! It WAS gang-related. Who woulda thunk it? *Rolleyes*
Cops: Intra-gang clash led to triple slaying
July 20, 2005
RACINE (AP) - Police said Tuesday that a weekend triple homicide was caused by members of the same gang who had a dispute, possibly over a game of dice, a week earlier.
Three young men died in the shooting early Sunday in a municipal parking lot, and four others were injured.
Racine Police Lt. Kurt Wahlen said some of the victims were gang members who also shot others.
"It had been building, there had been a couple of fights over the matter, and it ultimately erupted in an exchange of gunfire," Wahlen said Tuesday.
Aaron Woods, 23, Frank Mister, 22, and Ryan Lockridge, 23, all of Racine, were killed in the shooting. Three men in their 20s and a 28-year-old woman who said she was Woods' girlfriend were injured.
Wahlen would not name the south side gang, calling its members "a bunch of thugs" he did not want to make famous.
He said police arrested several people for outstanding warrants who were at the scene but were not involved in the fight, including one felon for possession of a handgun. A dozen more were wanted by police.
About 50 to 100 people were at the scene, but all but one direct witness left without speaking to police afterward, some taking guns and spent casings with them, Wahlen said. Most were still reluctant to come forward Tuesday, he said.
Police recovered 20 bullet casings, some 9mm in size.
Acknowledging the city's problem with gang violence, Mayor Gary Becker said he would direct the Police Department to fill seven unfilled positions, bringing the city's force to 200, and ask for increased patrols in high-crime areas by the end of the week.
Ten people have been killed in Racine this year, double the total for last year. Racine, a city of about 82,000 people, has not had double-digit homicides since 1997, when it had 11.
Church groups, the Racine NAACP and elected officials planned a meeting for Thursday to address the rise in violence.
"We have failed, but the youth of the community has also failed," Becker said. "It's not just our job, it's everyone's job as a community to come together."
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories//index.php?ntid=47522&ntpid=2
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