The homicide happened (curiously enough) on the NORTH side of town, in the 1100 block of Larch Lane. Had to check a map to find where that was (north of Glenbrook Mall). One person shot dead and the other in critical condition, so says the report.
The robbery occurred last evening around 5PM, and it doesn't surprise me that this restaurant gets knocked over a few times every few years. Look at the proximity to "those" housing projects nearby. Luckily no one was injured (robbers did brandish a gun), but I'll bet even money that the employees are thinking twice about showing up for work now. Now I find it highly IRONIC that close by this place is a street called SERENITY DRIVE, and that this street happens to have a frequency of FWPD calls to it that rivals ANY other location in the whole damn city. Whether it's a burglary, domestic dispute, theft from vehicle, or a good old, knock down, drag out fight...you can find it on the 7900 block of Serenity Drive. And you can find it most ANY day as well. Talk about a damn freakshow!
The attack by the "men" on a moped downtown makes a good argument about trying to establish ANY "new" ideas or projects, UNTIL the crimes (such as these) are dealt with...harshly. Then again, if you feel "comfortable enough" to walk around Freimann Square at 2:30AM (or anyplace ELSE in Fort Wayne), you're either overly confident of the FWPD coverage we have in the city, OR you're just plain stupid!
Maybe six of one...half dozen of the other?
I saw a commercial from the URBAN LEAGUE the other day, and I couldn't help but smirk as these leaders are saying (about violent crime) that "even ONE death is too many".
Gee...'ya think?
Isn't that like worrying about fixing the gate AFTER the horses got the hell out?
Seems like a case of too little too late, if you ask me. You guys should have been out doing THIS kind of PSA about FIFTEEN YEARS AGO!
In my opinion, there are those in "certain" places that actually WANT the dubious aspects of humanity to thrive. Let's face it, when you have rampant crime, you can get a lot more $$$ from whatever state or federal agency is doling it out this month, can't you? And if crime were to "dry up", then no one gets the dinero, hence, certain people can't afford those palatial estates OUTSIDE of the city, can they? It's basically GOOD BUSINESS to have crime...and it's one of those self-perpetuating venues, whereby as long as the demand is met, the supply will always be available, whether it's drugs, burglaries, rape, or whatever else.
When any part of any town is declared a "badlands", there are two ways to approach it; Either you go in, knock some heads and bust some perps (drawing the ire from factions that decry profiling of ANY kind, as well as the wrath of some lunatic ACLU chapter), or you take a "hands-off" approach, leaving this human flotsam to duke it out themselves, and hope that they kill each other off. And if some innocent citizens are caught in this crossfire, it becomes "acceptable" collateral damage. It's all part of "the plan", as it were.
It's just not acceptable to ME, though. See, I'm one of "those" citizens.
It sure as hell isn't easy when you feel like "cottonball on a driveway", if you get my drift. People will target you simply because YOU want to just be left the hell alone. They will take great pains to attempt to trash YOUR property, because it's driving UP the value of the rest of the hovels in the area. They will do whatever they can to get you the hell out of the area, because YOU represent some form of ORDER...something they're not used to (until they become incarcerated).
SO until things change, and crime becomes a lot less motivational to those with the vested interest in it, we're charged with trying to do what is right, in spite of the obstacles.
This is one instance where change IS needed...and in some parts of town...needed desperately.
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