Shooting in Campustown last night, 3 injured

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bsaltyman

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It's really hard to find any details about this. Did they catch the shooter? What condition are the victims in?
 
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Here is the press release from APD. Fight occurred they broke it up and while they were dispersing a car believed to have occupants from the fight pulled up and opened fire on the crowd. Officers returned fire and the car sped off. Three injured due to gunfire.

 
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CysRage

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Sorry, I didn't see the thread in the Off Topic forum. Mods please merge.
 

ArgentCy

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Surprised there wasn't already a thread on this. Random shooting into a crowd on Welch seems like a bigger deal
 

3TrueFans

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Surprised there wasn't already a thread on this. Random shooting into a crowd on Welch seems like a bigger deal
Considering we don't have hardly any information about it at this point I don't think it's fair to call it a random shooting just yet.
 

SoapyCy

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That corner always seemed to have fighting when I was in school a decade ago. Seems it started when that club was opened. Is that club still open?
 

CysRage

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That corner always seemed to have fighting when I was in school a decade ago. Seems it started when that club was opened. Is that club still open?
I think you are thinking of Club Element. It has changed hands a couple times since. Now it is called AJ's Ultra Lounge. My sister who's in school now says any respectable person avoids it like the plague.
 

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I was walking past Kum and Go back tovmy car at about 1:25... Police cars were already by AJ's club, so the first fight must've already happened. Good thing I left when I did.
 

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Wow. Didn't know that the cops returned fire into the car.

Hope there wasn't any friendly fire injuries.

Should be pretty easy to spot the vehicle with bullet holes.

Also, I have to think someone has to have some video of the car's license plate. There seems to be somebody making a video of just about anything that happens these days.
 

BoxsterCy

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Considering we don't have hardly any information about it at this point I don't think it's fair to call it a random shooting just yet.

A better term would be "indiscriminate" since I am betting it's related to the earlier fight and not entirely "random". Truely random shooting are pretty rare. This ones unique in a way since the cops were there, most of the time (if it is as it seems) this is the stuff that happens BEFORE the cops. Shooting into a crowd with the cops present is even crazier than the usual, and all to common, "fight escalates to gunplay" scenario.