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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone here ever witnessed a shooting? [View all]rightsideout
(978 posts)54. Yes, in Baltimore
Actually, it was a failed gas station robbery attempt. The guy doing the shooting was the gas station worker. I saw it happen from the Greyhound Bus. LOL.
The bus was passing by the gas station. I saw a guy run with a sack of money from the gas station and running after him was the gas station worker. He fired two shots and one shot took the guy down. The bus had passed by just before the guy hit the ground. This was 20 years ago.
It was kind of surreal and only took a matter of seconds. I don't think the bus driver knew what was going on since he was navigating the bus through the heavy traffic.
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I can understand why many combat vets do not want to talk about their experiences.
Tommy_Carcetti
Apr 2013
#4
Yes, about 10 years ago. A guy was shot across the street from me. I heard about
sinkingfeeling
Apr 2013
#9
Who had machine guns in the Rodney King riot? No helicopter shootings, no Malitov cocktails.
kwassa
Apr 2013
#58
Who had a machine gun in Los Angeles ? -- If you ask that then you NEVER lived in Los Angeles
KurtNYC
Apr 2013
#64
Saw a young man twitching, flat on his stomach in a pool of blood. Shot in the back by a cop
leveymg
Apr 2013
#17
Yes. Once saw someone shot on the street, once shot at, came up on the aftermath about three times.
haele
Apr 2013
#18
Not during the time of the event, but directly after twice in a downtown location.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#63