There was a shooting around the corner last afternoon. The owner of a pizza place was shot and killed by a would-be robber, right in front of his wife and kids. He was such a kind person! Ran that shop on his own, cooked the pizzas and did everything. Good food too.
We were driving home and the street was blocked by police cars. Found out why this morning. Tragic! The shooter is still out there somewhere.
Another shooting happened a couple of days ago a little bit farther at a gas station. But the pizza place, that's a 5 minute walk!
To make it worse, a 12 year old boy was killed by a train around the other corner on Friday, but they don't know why/how yet.
What in the world is going on? One of our neighbors wants to install security cameras and additional lighting between us, our driveways are next to each other, and he wants to light it up from both houses and network the cameras so we can access it too. I'm game, since our garage was broken into (not thoroughly locked, but it is now!) earlier this year.
What's strange, is everyone buying houses here are young families/couples similar to us. Where is all this crime coming from? Home sales are on an up tick, and by all appearances this is a normal, decent, neighborhood. The statistics are starting to show a different story.
I sleep with one ear listening for the dogs now, at least they know their job and they don't play games with strangers. Hopefully them and a new security display will be a deterrent. Those new LED bulbs in the fixtures sure light the place up. Homes aren't getting broken into near as I can tell, but thieves are definitely looking for opportunity. Doesn't take copper thieves long to empty out abandoned houses of their pipes and brass doorknobs.
I hope they catch the shooter soon. That's too close to home.
We were driving home and the street was blocked by police cars. Found out why this morning. Tragic! The shooter is still out there somewhere.
Another shooting happened a couple of days ago a little bit farther at a gas station. But the pizza place, that's a 5 minute walk!
To make it worse, a 12 year old boy was killed by a train around the other corner on Friday, but they don't know why/how yet.
What in the world is going on? One of our neighbors wants to install security cameras and additional lighting between us, our driveways are next to each other, and he wants to light it up from both houses and network the cameras so we can access it too. I'm game, since our garage was broken into (not thoroughly locked, but it is now!) earlier this year.
What's strange, is everyone buying houses here are young families/couples similar to us. Where is all this crime coming from? Home sales are on an up tick, and by all appearances this is a normal, decent, neighborhood. The statistics are starting to show a different story.
I sleep with one ear listening for the dogs now, at least they know their job and they don't play games with strangers. Hopefully them and a new security display will be a deterrent. Those new LED bulbs in the fixtures sure light the place up. Homes aren't getting broken into near as I can tell, but thieves are definitely looking for opportunity. Doesn't take copper thieves long to empty out abandoned houses of their pipes and brass doorknobs.
I hope they catch the shooter soon. That's too close to home.
