Literally that is....
...As I walked out of my apartment this afternoon (wed 1-18-06) to go to work, I noticed the street on the corner was blocked off with "yellow police tape". I was kind of courious to say the least but I only had 5 minutes to get to work and even a minute delay would have made me late.
So I get to work and told my boss that if when she gets home and happens to listen to the news and hears anything, to let me know.
Then a little later this evening, one of our cooks comes into the restaurant and says "How about that shooting in your neighborhood ha??"....I was like....oh my!!
So after the restaurant closed I decided to do some digging and from what I am reading from the Racine Journal Times, it seems like this shooting (which lead to one death so far and someone else in critical condition) took place in the alley behind my apartment building.
Come to think of it, I did remember hearing something just before I went to sleep last night between 430am and 5am but I blew it off as maybe a car backfiring exhaust or something. Turns out it was much more.
This is the 2nd murder in this neighborhood in two years. Though it is considered one of the safer (and nicer) areas of Racine, I guess the "scum of society" is starting to invade every place these days.
And now after listening to the Channel 12 news just a few minutes ago I find out that 3 "punks" were trying to rip off car stereo equipment from one of my neighbor's cars. He came out and found them trying to break into his vehicle early wed. morning and he took a gun and shot at them. They managed to take off down the alley and drove themselves to St. Mary's Hospital where one of them died shortly after and another was in critical conditon. Don't know about the third one.
I say GOOD!!! These punks got what they deserved and I am glad that my neighbor went after these little shitheads!! I myself have had my truck broken into a few different times throughout the years and I swear if I had a gun...I would shoot the little shits myself!!
The cops and news outlets are calling it "Vigilantee Justice". Damm right. If people don't have the right to defend their personal belongings that they work their butts off for...with deadly force...then this world sure is going into the shitter...and fast.
I will surly stand by my neighbor (I have only seen him outside as I am walking in my neighborhood but he seems like a very nice man) and if the authorities decide to charge this guy with murder I will call it a "Great Injustice" to all people.
The story from earlier on wed. before I had the chance to watch the TV 12 newscast a few minutes ago...(as the Racine Journal reports it):
FYI: Read from the bottom up as it seems this is a blog and as such the oldest info is on the bottom of the page and newer posts are towards the top.....
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From the Racine Journal Times Online Edition:
Editor's note: We will update this story with more information overnight.
Updated at 5 p.m., Wednesday --
Racine Police report they have a suspect in custody.
Updated at Noon --
Christopher E. Carbajal, 19, died this morning after he was shot in West Racine, near the intersection of 15th Street and Arthur Avenue.
Racine County Medical Examiner Tom Terry said Carbajal was shot in the back. The bullet likely clipped a blood vessel before exiting the front of his body, Terry said. The official cause of death will be released once an autopsy has been done.
An 18-year-old man was also shot; he is currently alive and in the hospital. Terry said a bullet was lodged in the man's jaw.
The shooting is still under investigation. Police had the block of 15th Street east of Arthur Avenue and the intersection of the two streets blocked off until at least 10 a.m.
Loretta Peterson lives on Blaine Ave., near where the shooting occurred. She said she heard gunshots while she was reading the paper.
“All of a sudden I heard Bam! Bam!,” she said. “Then there was a slight hesitation, and then, Bam! Bam! Bam! I saw a small van or SUV in the alley, which went like a bat out of Hell, so fast that I could not get a license plate number.”
The van Peterson said she saw in the alley was reportedly driven to St. Mary’s Medical Center with the victims in side. Police recovered the vehicle at the hospital.
Updated at 11:00 a.m. --
Notes from Interview with Loretta Peterson, a resident at the 1400 block of Blaine Avenue:
"I was reading the paper between 4:30 and 5:15, when all of a sudden I heard 'Bam! Bam!' Then there was a slight hesitation, and then, 'Bam! Bam! Bam!' I saw a small van or SUV in the alley, which went like a bat out of Hell, so fast that I could not get a license plate number."
Updated at 11:00 a.m. --
Police have been questioning people near the 1400 block of Arthur. The shooting appears to have taken place in the alley between Blaine and Arthur, near 15th St. (Click for map)
A police investigator crosses yellow police line tape at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of 15th St. and Arthur Ave. Police responded to the area after two teenagers suffered gunshot wounds earlier in the morning. One of the male victims died from gunshot wounds, the other is currently hospitalized. /Scott Anderson Journal Times.
Updated at 10:15 a.m. --
The shooting may have taken place at 15th and Arthur. More to come ...
Updated at 9:45 a.m. --
The Racine Police Department has issued the following press release:
Subject: HOMICIDE ON NEAR SOUTH SIDE
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at 4:43 a.m., officers from the Racine Police Department responded to St Mary’s Hospital for the report of two shooting victims coming in to the emergency room. The male victims, age 18 and 19, had life threatening injuries.
One of the victims has since succumbed to his injuries. The initial investigation indicates that both victims were shot by the same offender. This shooting is being investigated as a homicide. A possible crime scene has been identified on Racine’s south side. At this time, the investigation is continuing and investigators are still at the scene.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Racine Police Department Detective Bureau at (262) 635-7756 or Crimestoppers of Racine County at (888) 636-9330.
Posted at 9:15 a.m. --
Police are investigating a double-shooting that left one man dead this morning in the city of Racine.
Two male victims were taken to St. Mary's at 4:43 a.m. One died and the other is suffering from life-threatening injuries.
Racine Police do not yet have any suspects and they are in the preliminary stages of an investigation.
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