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| Mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. A drive-by injured six. |
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Of course, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Jared Polis, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and the Colorado U.S. Representatives with exceptions to Rep. Karen Lamborn (R-CO) and Rep. Karen Boebert (R-CO) will offer sympathy and condolences.
Usual, "Our hearts go out to the victims!" and this "senseless violence needs to stop!"
Since I am assuming that it is a potential Black on Black shooting, the concern trolls of the far-right will tell us that we need more fathers, more police presence, they're gang members, Biden's sons and praise of Washed Up 45's "tough on crime" policies will be often placed in their word vomits.
Thus, this city is a controversial place for Black Americans. It seems like we're targets by the police and our own kind.
This damn city is problematic to me. The movie theater tragedy in 2012, the police pointing their guns at a Black family, the police roughing up an unarmed man, the police and Aurora EMS killing Elijah McClain are some of the issues facing the Denver suburb. Also, this mass shooting that happened near the Aurora Central High School.
Six teenagers were wounded Monday in a drive-by shooting in a park near the high school. The victims are expected to survive.
The victims, who range in age from 14 to 18, are all students at Aurora Central High School in Aurora, a diverse city east of Denver, said police chief Vanessa Wilson. She said she needed everyone to be “outraged” by what happened and come forward with any information they might have to help police find those responsible.
Wilson asked neighbors and other bystanders to share any videos or photos from phones or house surveillance systems that might help detectives identify the suspects, who haven’t been apprehended.
Multiple rounds fired from different guns were found at the scene, and it is possible some rounds were fired by someone on foot, she said.
Police officers assigned to the school were the first to respond to the shooting and saved the life of one victim by applying a tourniquet, Wilson said. That student later underwent emergency surgery, she said.
Wilson said she’s relieved the students are expected to survive but said gun violence is a public health crisis.
“There is a violence crisis across the nation right now, and so I think we all need to pay attention,” she said.
Three patients from the shooting were taken to Children's Hospital Colorado. They were in stable condition and have all been reunited with their families, spokesperson Caitlin Jenney said.
Several students hugged one another outside the school as staff and police ushered students away from the direction of the crime scene. Others shouted “Stay safe” as they parted ways.
Student Aariah McClain, 15, said she heard gunfire as she was walking near the school's football field during lunch. She heard four shots at first, so she started walking toward the school. Then she said she heard “a whole lot more," she said.
“I was shocked," she said of the shooting, as she waited outside the school with her father, Harold McClain, for her 14-year-old sister to be dismissed.
“I work and we pay taxes for these police to be here. I don’t see how this is even happening," Harold McClain said. “They need more security.”
The school was put on a “secure perimeter” because of the shooting, police said. That typically means no one is allowed in or out of a school but students and staff are able to move freely within the building.
Evette Mitchell, 47, rushed to the school to get her son, Trevell, 15. He was in gym class when he heard the gunshots, and the teacher escorted them to the smaller gym.
“I did 90 (mph) on the highway,” she said, “because I didn’t know if it was my kid or not.”
Mitchell said she is frustrated because another shooting involving three teens happened near the school on a recent weekend. Mitchell added parents get blamed for youth violence, but there are no affordable activities offered for students in the area.
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“Everything costs. We’re all low-income families so it’s hard for us to find something for these kids to do,” said Mitchell, who said her son was going to be in online classes for the rest of the week because of the shooting.
Michelle Marin, who lives across the street from the school, said she walks her dog at the park almost every morning and sees students hanging out there all the time, “but you never think something like that’s going to happen.”
“We have seen some lockdowns but nothing with the caution tape or anything like that,” Marin said.
The shooting comes after an 18-year-old died after being shot about 5 miles (8 kilometers) away on Sunday night.
A shooting was also reported Friday in the parking lot of an Aurora mall, but police only found several shell casings when they arrived.
This comes after a shooting that happened only three weeks earlier. A 16-year-old boy has died and another 16-year-old was hurt in a Friday night shooting in Aurora, police said.
According to the Aurora Police Department, one teen was taken to a hospital after he was shot inside a vehicle in the area of East 12th Avenue and Ironton Street, 9NEWS reported. He later died.
A second victim, the passenger in the car, later walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound and was expected to survive, police said. Both were shot while inside a vehicle, according to police.
Detectives are investigating, police said. No other details or information about suspects has been released.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Aurora Police Major Crimes Homicide Unit or the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers.
Aurora, Colorado is located in Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas County. It has an estimated population of 395,000 residents. It is the largest suburb of the Denver metropolitan area.
It never happens in your community....... Until it does! Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how this gun reform is taking away your rights. I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth. I don't want hear folks say this is not white privilege. I don't want to hear folks say masks impede their freedoms. I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. These incidents are a tragic part of American history.
FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP!
GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!
FUCK YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!
We haven't forgotten about the many mass shootings in the United States. COVID-19 doesn't stop individuals from picking up firearms and killing others.
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| Gun violence never takes a break. |
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GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES!
