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Rash of violence continues in Mosby
05/26/2010 6:46 AM by John M
The RTD is reporting the 4th shooting in Mosby in the last 8 days:
A 19-year-old man was shot and wounded in an attempted robbery late last night in the 1400 block of Coalter Street, Richmond police said this morning. The victim was approached about 10:43 p.m. by a unknown man with a sawed-off shotgun who demanded money. Police said the victim was shot in the lower torso after he told the robber he did not have any cash, said Capt. Paul Kiniry.
Damn. Something has to be done with Mosby. It is like the wild west out there.
good God! wt-?
Seriously that place is wilding out and it’s only May! I feel badly for law abiding folk who are living there, particularly as Summer approaches. I hope they can find strength to band together and provide the information police need to get those bastards off RRHA property for good. If they can’t, the drumbeat for demolition will grow louder.
I would think that the powers that be would catch on that these projects do far more harm than good.
In addition to the hopelessness, violence, and tragedy that the projects breed, each incident like this has a huge – but difficult to measure – negative impact on tax revenues from reduced property assessments and lost business in nearby areas. Not to mention the direct cost to the city of maintaining / managing the properties, policing them, court costs for crap like this, etc. It’s a lose-lose-lose-lose-lose type situation.
I also feel badly for the law abiding folks who live in the projects – and would encourage them to do everything in their power to work their way out of that situation. I’ve heard Mosby South escaped the wrecking ball by ONE VOTE about 10 years ago… maybe the powers that be got it wrong.
A 19 year old young man got shot not because he had money, but because he didn’t. Does violence get much more senseless than this?
There has been so much crime and violence in the area over the last two months, more than any other period during the two years I have resided in the area. Killing, robberies, car break-ins all in the last two months. Be sure to keep your car doors locked at night…the criminals are on the loose. I suppose the warm weather does bring out the “undesirables” even more than in cold weather months. I am just sick of the nonsense already. Now I dread coming home everyday, just depressing. Looking to move within the next year….
Justtire.. I so understand and agree with you. I have lived here since 2006 and never had a problem but it’s been awful this year, I to dead my drive home looking at all the hoodrats and grafiti and gang signs all over the neighborhood. It’s sad I worked so hard on my newhouse putting alot of work and money into now I would rather rent an apartment just to get out of the neighborhood where everyday someone gets shot and robbed and people are stealing and shooting at my house 🙁 god bless churchhill I am getting the F*** out before I am the next one being robbed are killed.
Ni**as be goin crazy out der fucc boys needa get they robbin skillz up ya her me.
2010 is way better than 2006 was. So far in 2010 we’ve had 6 homicides in the entirety of the East End (none in Mosby, none in Fulton, none in Fairmount, none anywhere near St.John’s — nothing south of freakin’ R Street, even). This is on par with the last 2 years, both of which were lows since at least the 1990s.
In 2006 we had 25 killings – check out the map
It is right to decry the violence and crime, but be aware of the progress that has been made.
Ok, if #8 is saying “boys” need to get better at robbing people, I beg to differ. If it’s a joke, I don’t find it very funny.
John, I think the problem with the statistics is that they are only covering homicides and murders. While the violent deaths may be on track, it seems like the violent crime in general is higher than normal.
at #8… so sad!!!!! Maybe you should think about your skills. I wish you would put more effort into something that will take you places in life.
@James – True enough about the statistics. I’ve been using homicides as a general marker for violent crime, but that might not be the case. To see what is what, though, I went digging into the RPD’s Crime Incident Information database for some numbers.
Specifically, I tallied ASSAULTS over the period of Jan.1-May 27 for each of the last 11 years for Sector 111 and Sector 113. The numbers show that assaults are down over the last decade, but are up a little over the last 2 years.
At the high in 2004, the 145 extra assaults equate to an extra assault almost every day. That year was also the high for homicides, with 27 killings in the East End in 2004. At this point in 2004 we’d had 11 killings and 556 assaults. Here in 2010, we’ve had 6 murders and 411 assaults.
Here are the assault numbers by sector. The last column is the difference as compared to this year.
My point still stands: violent crime in the area is dramatically down in the area from less than 5 years ago. You want some real perspective? Start digging into the news archives from the 1990s for Mosby Court or even Fairmount. This year seems worse, I think, because it was so quiet for a while, and perhaps because it is easier to find out what is happening now than ever before.
I have to believe that there are more good people in the projects than bad, for this reason I agree with Houdon that folks need to band together and say enough is enough. I know that it is probably much easier for me to say that living where I live, but it really is the only way it will stop.
I also think that education, or lack there of, plays the most important role. These kids are required to attend school every day until they are 18. The school system is not responsible for ensuring these kids go to school, it up to the parents, or lack there of. Somehow we must get all of the kids to go to school, for those that will not go willingly, perhaps we need some type of institution to house, and educate them, and I do not mean jail or prison. The “institution” idea would be expensive, but in the long run it would pay for itself in better educated children growing up making better decisions.
Many, if not most, of these kids have never been outside the Commonwealth. The world to them is only within the projects, and if we look at it that way, we can maybe see why the things they fight and kill over seem so important to them. It is all they know.
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