Early this morning two men were shot on the street just half a block from where I live. I heard the gunfire, at about 3:30 a.m., but thought it was just part of my dream and went back to sleep. I didn't realize what had happened until I was getting my daily local news fix at the canada.com site where the story was the lead item on the Vancouver page.
You don't think of this sort of thing happening in the West End. Break-ins, littering, drug dealing, yes, but shootings? No. It'll probably turn out to be a personal dispute rather than a random act (the police are still investigating at this time), but it still gives you an odd feeling - partly excitement and partly fear.
Posted by wetcoast at August 13, 2003 07:52 AM