Arrests Made In ‘Heinous’ Killing Of Two-Month-Old

unionmom

unionmom

Pursuit Driver
East Palo Alto police arrested at least one juvenile early Monday in connection with the weekend slaying of a two-month-old who was fatally shot while sitting in his parent's car, authorities said...
Click to expand...
...The shooting took place at 1 a.m. Sunday as the family was leaving a baby shower in the in the 400 block of Wisteria Drive in East Palo Alto...
Click to expand...
link to full article

Now I'm not in any way excusing the shooting but ... who are these people that have such young children out this late? And at a baby shower? Who has a baby shower at that hour? I must have just lived a sheltered life.
 
It was probably a Saturday evening shower with families instead of just the ladies. Talking, eating, socializing, next thing it is late. I did actually have one shower like that. It was the best one with everyone there.

What a tragedy. :(
 
ShoeDiva said:
It was probably a Saturday evening shower with families instead of just the ladies. Talking, eating, socializing, next thing it is late. I did actually have one shower like that. It was the best one with everyone there.

What a tragedy. :(
Click to expand...
But would you have your 3 year old and 2 month old out that late?

I understand the family get-together thing but I don't get the moving young ones around at all hours of the night thing. Again, it could certainly be me. It just seems that there are too many new stories of bad things happening to kids at such hours and it is just beyond my realm of personal experience. Nobody I know does this. They either leave the kids at home with a babysitter or the kids stay the whole night.

And again ... not excusing the shooting.
 
In all honesty I have before. I have been at family things that got really late because the time just got away from us. I also remember as a kid in NY my parents doing the same. It just does not seem odd to me.

I never even thought you were excusing it. :)
 
I guess it is just a matter of what we are individually used to, have experienced.

I just hate that such innocence suffered such a fate.
 
unionmom said:
I guess it is just a matter of what we are individually used to, have experienced.

I just hate that such innocence suffered such a fate.
Click to expand...

Yeah, it bugged me, too, UM. As always, it's the children who suffer from the stupidity/evil of others. :sigh:
 
I do note also that this doesn't sound like a random shooting...the shooter(s) walked up to the car and started firing into it. Either it's a case of mistaken identity at 1am in that driveway, or somebody meant to get those folks. :sigh:
 
...Police believe that the family was targeted by the shooters...
Click to expand...
So it would seem there is more to the story.
...Charles Lowrey lives next door to the home where the shooting occurred.

"It was a regular get together, parents in the front, kids playing ball in the back," Lowrey told KTVU. "Just to go from that and hear everything that happened you're just like next day in complete shock."...
Click to expand...
Didn't read that far ... so apparently not an unusual thing for them.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top