I heard about 8 or 10 shots

my head phones were on when i heard the noise. i went to the window hoping people were setting off firecrackers again. that’s when i heard the “ting”. yeah that was a bullet hitting a pole and close enough for me to hear the “ting”. I saw some scared looking people taking off up the block. but i didn’t want to be in the window anymore.

Tricia came walking in fast- yogurt in hand- and was like “hey lets go to the roof!” so i grabbed my phone, called 911 and went up stairs.

I was hoping the deli guy wasn’t killed. i saw a fight almost get ugly in there. i’m guessing they do own a gun. one night, one of the deli boys (16 maybe) was reaching into his coat when some asshole was making trouble with the deli guy. the asshole kept telling him “you don’t want to do that in here...come outside. there’s other people in here in here...lets take it outside.” i was pretty nervous but calm. silently praying that they wouldn’t take it outside and wouldn’t have a shoot up inside. cynthea and i were able to pay for our stuff and go. i was glad to see the deli boy around the next day.

but tonight i figured the deli guy was safe behind his bulletproof rotating box when i remembered how late is was.

anyway, its freezing outside. i told the police the cross-streets and by the time we got up stairs, 2 cops cars pulled up to the 24 hour laundromat. then 2 more pulled up followed by an undercover car. the police jumped out and kind of stood around on the vacant corner waiting for the gunman to show up.

then two guys and 3 girls came walking up. the police stopped them, saying “do you have any weapons...can you stand against the glass.” (the glass for the laundromat.). wow it looked really fucked up, like we were watching COPS. 8 white guys searching two black guys while the girls stand off by the curb. the two guys seemed hesitant and i think probably scared. then one of the girls yelled out “do whatever he says! just let him search you!”

of course they didn’t find anything. the cops stood around in a group a few minutes more. one asked the other cops “any witnesses?” they searched one more person before they got in their cars and left.

i thought i’d see if there was anything going on down the block. so i looked over the other edge and saw two more cop cars and a group of people talking to a police officer writing a report. there were no ambulances so i guess no on was hurt.