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July 06, 2009
Jungle Boogie
It was Sunday nite in da hood, well, early Monday morning really, somebody is having a birthday party, and gosh darn it, a terrible thing happened! At least one AK-47 and two pistols suddenly went berserk, jumped into the hands of three men dressed in black, forced them to drive to the party, made them go in uninvited, and then - OMG! -forced those men to shoot those guns into the crowd of party goers! Oh, it was a horrible thing for all of those innocent people who were victimized by those evil guns:
Twelve people were shot shortly after midnight Monday when three men dressed in black interrupted a birthday party in Overtown and fired wildly into a crowd.
Several people are now in the hospital as Miami police search for the three shooters who walked into a home in the 500 block of Northwest Fifth Street at 12:45 a.m.
In all, four people were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition and six others were taken to Jackson, according to Miami Fire Rescue spokesman Ignatius Carroll. Later, police said three people were in critical condition.
When fire rescue first arrived at the scene about five minutes after receiving 911 calls, they had to set up outside the area and wait for police to arrive because there were still shots being fired in the area, Carroll said.
''It was a massive scene for a couple of blocks,'' Carroll said.
According to Willie Moreno, a Miami Police Department spokesman, another person was hit by a car near the shooting.
Kedricka Hughes, 16, who was at the party, said everything was quiet before the shooting began.
''Everything was fine and then they just started shooting,'' she said.
According to Hughes, the party was her friend's 20th birthday. Luckily, he was not shot, she said.
Miami police Chief John Timoney said bullet casings found at the scene led detectives to believe at least one AK-47 and two pistols were used in the shooting. It happened during what he described as a ''well-advertised'' birthday party.
A ''Happy Birthday'' sign and balloons were outside the home.
''Obviously from the debris, lots of people were running,'' Timoney said. ``Hats were thrown off as people were fleeing the scene. It looks like a couple dozen people were there at the time.''
About 8 a.m., yellow police tape roped off several blocks around the area, a complex of one- and two-story buildings in Overtown. Crime scene investigators and detectives poured over the several block scene.
Cheyanne Wimbley, 21, said she was inside her nearby home when she heard a large boom, followed by dozens of ''rapid fire'' shots.
''I got down and I hoped nobody got hurt,'' said Wimbley, who has lived in the neighborhood about five years.
''It's devastating,'' she said. ``You can't have fun in Overtown any more. I don't want to be here any more. It's just sad.'
Gosh golly. I suppose it is pretty devastating when you can't party down on a Sunday night anymore without some guns going berserk and spoiling all the fun.
To my fellow Miamians, fear not! The remnants of the Miami Police Force that have thus far managed to survive the lay-offs are hot on the trail of those evil guns and the poor men who were forced to use them. If and when they find the guns, they will be impounded, and we will all be a little safer. As for the men who were forced to use them, well, if and when they are found, they will likely be booked, photographed, and released, because prosection and incarceration costs so much and at the moment, like the rest of this great stimulated country of ours, Miami-Dade County is little strapped for cash. If that troubles you, just remember, they too were victims of those evil guns, and are not to be blamed for their behavior. After all, if it weren't for the guns, they would never have committed such a heinous crime.
Posted by LindaSoG at July 6, 2009 10:20 AM
Comments
That's scary Linda, I'm looking for muzzles for mine, you feed them and groom them but just let one of those mindless ill tempered things drop to the floor and they jump back snapping and biting, pure evil I tell ya. Do those poor cops on the Miami Police Force have any idea of the danger they are in by simply packing one, just what can they do if one of them crawls under the car seat and can't be coaxed out? Best if they set the example and they too disarm.
Posted by: Jack at July 6, 2009 04:18 PM
You can't have fun in Overtown any more
All the fun is in Liberty City.
Posted by: DoubleU at July 8, 2009 10:35 PM