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vettecat ([personal profile] vettecat) wrote2006-06-23 01:42 am
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Depressing news

My aunt's friend's son was killed during a robbery earlier today. As you can imagine the whole community is in shock. It's bad enough when you hear about something like this in the abstract; it's even more distressing when you know someone involved, even if indirectly...

[identity profile] debgeisler.livejournal.com 2006-06-23 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
That is horrible for everyone who knew him. I'm so sorry.

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2006-06-25 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, apparently he was in my cousin's class, so she was going back home for the funeral... very sad.

[identity profile] angwantibo.livejournal.com 2006-06-23 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Oy! Virtual hugs all around.

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2006-06-25 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks...

[identity profile] joecoustic.livejournal.com 2006-06-23 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely scary.

It reminds me of how I did a double take when someone was murdered in a downtown Cincinnati parking lot that I used to park in all of the time when I played in an open mic. You might know something isn't quite safe but until it touches you....

I'm really sorry for your aunt's friend's family.

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2006-06-25 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, somehow you never expect these things to happen to "real people"... very scary.

[identity profile] pandorahunter.livejournal.com 2006-06-23 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
tons of thoughts and blessings to your family

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2006-06-25 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
They're only tangentially involved, but thanks.