did this really happen???
tongiht was one of the scariest nights/closest calls i've experienced.
the plan was to go out and have a little fun with my friends. Sumner's birthday started tonight and we were ready to celebrate our girls big 21. we even had a designated driver (me).
our place to party: the venue
everyone went inside excepy for me, jared, and erin because we had to go back to my car and get some more money. we get back to the venue and as we are walking right in front of it some crazy guy starts shooting and just unloads his gun. everyone starts running in a panic so we take off back the way we came from. erin starts saying shes been shot. i turn around and she kicks her shoe off. her pants were covered in blood and certaintly enough a large trail of blood was following us. we sit her down on the sidewalk and tons of people come around to help. i call the cops to get an ambulance. erin has an asthma attack so i take off to my car to get her inhaler. by the time i get back she has a large crowd around her. i gave her her inhaler then went to find our other friends and tell them what happened. i walk to the front of the venue to find two more people with bullet wounds. one guy was shot in the leg and another guy was sitting inside the venue against the wall. this is just way too much violence to be seeing. i ended up holding erins head in my lap until the ambulances came and then we spent the rest of the night in the hospital.
i couldn't even cry when this happened. me and jared were standing right beside erin. i could have been shot so easily tonight. i am soo glad that erin only got shot in the foot. i hate that i had to sit on the sidewalk holding one of my really good friends that was shot. she didn't do anything to get shot, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. this scares me soo bad. its not like we were in a bad part of town. cops go up and down the strip all the time. it was a well lit area, there were tons of people around, i mean we were across the street from a freakin publix! just knowing that something so deadly can happen somewhere thats supposed to be so safe really worries me. i don't want to go out for a while. i am soo glad that i didnt drink tonight or i would have really freaked out.
the damage done: four people were shot- erin, the bouncer, a guy, and a girl. erin was shot in the foot and the bullet went all the way through grazing her bone. the guy that got shot in the leg lost a lot of blood, but should be ok. the girl was nicked in the leg by a bullet. the bouncer had five wounds. he was shot three times, two of them going all the way through. he was also the target. this guy isn't the most popular bouncer out there... he tends to be a jerk and tonight he pissed off the wrong guy. but luckily enough they should all be ok. the shooter has been identified, but im not sure what happened to him. ive heard two different stories but im not gonna post them until i know for sure...
one night that was supposed to be great and fun turned into this. i'm scared to go out now... thank goodness everyone is ok, i don't know what i would have done if erin or anyone had been seriously hurt. the shooter had to have been absolutely mad. i mean, you can't just shoot at someone in front of at least 20-30 people and not expect to get in trouble, did he think shooting someone bc he couldn't get in the club was worth it??? its not like i was in a bad place, crazy people are just everywhere and thats what worries me. if his gun was slightly tilted up, left, or right... one of us could be dead. i had to step in my friends blood pools tonight, thats not cool. i've got to sleep, i've been non stop through all of this madness.
life is way too short and too fragile for stupid shit. so please people don't hold grudges, dont get mad over stupid shit. just go with the flow and make the best of everything. let the people you love know and just be nice to everyone. seriously, you never know whats gonna happen. don't have any regrets.
it still hasn't completely hit me, did my best friend actually get shot.... while standing right beside me???
the plan was to go out and have a little fun with my friends. Sumner's birthday started tonight and we were ready to celebrate our girls big 21. we even had a designated driver (me).
our place to party: the venue
everyone went inside excepy for me, jared, and erin because we had to go back to my car and get some more money. we get back to the venue and as we are walking right in front of it some crazy guy starts shooting and just unloads his gun. everyone starts running in a panic so we take off back the way we came from. erin starts saying shes been shot. i turn around and she kicks her shoe off. her pants were covered in blood and certaintly enough a large trail of blood was following us. we sit her down on the sidewalk and tons of people come around to help. i call the cops to get an ambulance. erin has an asthma attack so i take off to my car to get her inhaler. by the time i get back she has a large crowd around her. i gave her her inhaler then went to find our other friends and tell them what happened. i walk to the front of the venue to find two more people with bullet wounds. one guy was shot in the leg and another guy was sitting inside the venue against the wall. this is just way too much violence to be seeing. i ended up holding erins head in my lap until the ambulances came and then we spent the rest of the night in the hospital.
i couldn't even cry when this happened. me and jared were standing right beside erin. i could have been shot so easily tonight. i am soo glad that erin only got shot in the foot. i hate that i had to sit on the sidewalk holding one of my really good friends that was shot. she didn't do anything to get shot, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. this scares me soo bad. its not like we were in a bad part of town. cops go up and down the strip all the time. it was a well lit area, there were tons of people around, i mean we were across the street from a freakin publix! just knowing that something so deadly can happen somewhere thats supposed to be so safe really worries me. i don't want to go out for a while. i am soo glad that i didnt drink tonight or i would have really freaked out.
the damage done: four people were shot- erin, the bouncer, a guy, and a girl. erin was shot in the foot and the bullet went all the way through grazing her bone. the guy that got shot in the leg lost a lot of blood, but should be ok. the girl was nicked in the leg by a bullet. the bouncer had five wounds. he was shot three times, two of them going all the way through. he was also the target. this guy isn't the most popular bouncer out there... he tends to be a jerk and tonight he pissed off the wrong guy. but luckily enough they should all be ok. the shooter has been identified, but im not sure what happened to him. ive heard two different stories but im not gonna post them until i know for sure...
one night that was supposed to be great and fun turned into this. i'm scared to go out now... thank goodness everyone is ok, i don't know what i would have done if erin or anyone had been seriously hurt. the shooter had to have been absolutely mad. i mean, you can't just shoot at someone in front of at least 20-30 people and not expect to get in trouble, did he think shooting someone bc he couldn't get in the club was worth it??? its not like i was in a bad place, crazy people are just everywhere and thats what worries me. if his gun was slightly tilted up, left, or right... one of us could be dead. i had to step in my friends blood pools tonight, thats not cool. i've got to sleep, i've been non stop through all of this madness.
life is way too short and too fragile for stupid shit. so please people don't hold grudges, dont get mad over stupid shit. just go with the flow and make the best of everything. let the people you love know and just be nice to everyone. seriously, you never know whats gonna happen. don't have any regrets.
it still hasn't completely hit me, did my best friend actually get shot.... while standing right beside me???