Crime Syndicate is closer to Home than you may think
March 20, 2009In the past month alone there have been over 5 shootings in Surrey. The sudden cause of this commotion lies in the ill fact of massive gang wars, and drug traffickers occurring around all over the lower mainland. As well all these shooting activities are occurring in very local and heavily visited locations, which are becoming the scenes of these violent acts. For example at my local movie theatres which is a five minute drive from my home, a violent shooting occurred at the Chevron gas station at 122 Street and 72A Avenue. Two men were shot on that cold Wednesday night on March 4 2009. What makes this even more astonishing is that this was the sixth shooting in Metro Vancouver within 24 hours! Within minutes of this occurrence several police vehicles and ambulances were sent to the crime scene, and the entire gas station was closed off by police tape. From eye witness accounts two people were shot, one man was shot in the head, and the other in the leg. Luckily, “Both men from the vehicle suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and were taken to hospital” (Officer Walsh).What makes this so overwhelming is that it happened in such as eventful location where people go to watch movies, get Starbucks, and go to Chapters. Ironically two days after this incident I went to watch a movie with friends and looked over the crime scene, and still couldn’t believe it happened so close to home. Another example of shootings in populated areas was when Twenty-three-year-old Nicole Marie Alemy was shot while with her four year old son who was traumatized by the scene of her mother being murdered. This all took about while she was in her car, travelling through the intersection of 148 Street and 96 Avenue at about 10:30 Monday morning. Lastly one of friend’s whose name here shall go unknown saw his neighbour’s house burn down. Even I hear multiple police sirens throughout the night, a great deal more this past month then I have ever heard before. What are we to do when these shootings are all being completed in our own backyards? Who knows but things must be done fast. Surrey shooting victim was mother of two (February 16, 2009). BC Local News. Retrieved from http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/news/Surrey_shooting_victim_was_mother_of_two.html 2 men shot at Surrey gas station (2009, March 4). CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/04/bc-shooting-in-surrey.html Mom gunned down in Surrey shooting, child escapes death! (February 16, 2009). Now Public. Retrieved from http://www.nowpublic.com/world/update-mom-gunned-down-surrey-shooting-child-escapes-death
