One Scary Story
Late Sunday, I read this post from the Brookland neighborhood's message board. I thought: This is some crazy shit. Now, I don't think so. Now I just think the Newton Street neighbors that failed to provide shelter from the whizzing bullets are assholes.
The post began innocently enough with a "Hi neighbors." This usually leads to a plea for nanny help, gardening tips, or hey-I-saw-a-cat-is-it-missing? Instead we get this story:
"My husband (African) and our neighbor (white) were walking down Newton St at about 8pm when two young men appeared on Newton from the 14th and Otis side and shot at my husband. Both my husband and the neighbor ran and fell down. The folks on the corner of Newton and 13th would not take them into their house when they fled there so they were just standing there on the street when I arrived a few minutes later, having heard the gunshot from down on 17th and Newton where we live. Luckily the gunman missed my husband and he was OK except for a sore knee where he fell down. Our neighbor is also OK. Police and detectives came and they are investigating. No we don't have much in the way of description aside from them being black and wearing black hoodies. What my husband says is that he only saw the gun and not at the guy."
Maybe all the neighbors were at the Red Derby.
1:14 pm
why would they be at the red derby? that's in columbia heights, and the story is across town in brookland. NW v. NE...
1:33 pm
Oh man. I meant it as a joke [OK. I did not. I just fucked up]. Thanks for the check.
1:34 pm
yeah.. I love the Red Derby, but it seems like a bit of a non sequitor when the story was posted in the Brookland post..thus referring to NE instead of NW?
1:52 pm
I know. I thought maybe the post just made it's way to the Brookland message board.
But hey, neighbors somewhere couldn't find it in their hearts to help their fellow citizens. Isn't that the point?
2:21 pm
yeah, got your point. just a damn inelegant joke. better luck next time.
2:32 pm
I know.
3:46 pm
regardless of NE or NW, what i want to know is how this woman heard gunshots from 4 blocks away and knew to run outside to her husband's side. did he call her?
3:57 pm
I'm lost...What does any of this have to do with the Red derby?
2:53 pm
Hey Neighbors...
I came across this article while researching Hair salons in this area...I started reading when I realized I was the neighbor who did not let these men in...Call me what you want but I did not know any of these men( the victims or the shooters)so why the hell would i let them in my house...I did not know if this was a targeted shooting(would the shooters return...did they ever leave... What if anything had the victims done to the shooters... I did not know any of that. All I knetw is no one was coming in my house with my family(including my two year old daughter)!!!Again call me what you want. I did call the police...
9:11 pm
Hey Neighbors:
Whose the asshole, the neighbors who did not invite calamity into their home or the one who ran towards the sounds of gunshots? Big up to you and fam Dominique, Mama didn't raise no fools!!!
Love today and everyday,
yo' Mama