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Updated: 1:41 PM Jul 14, 2008
Shooting Worries Neighborhood
For the second time in a week-- the sound of gun shots rang out on Lansing's north side. First it happened on the Fourth of July in Comstock Park then last night on Sycamore street. Police aren't saying if this was a random shooting, but they say it's an instance of crime growth in the Capitol City.
Posted: 11:15 PM Jul 12, 2008Reporter: Chris Sutter Email Address: Chris.Sutter@wilx.com |
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Bewildered is the best word to describe Fernando Rodea less than 24 hours after his house was shot at. The bullets left holes in Rodea's home and shattered his pick-up truck's window. Rodea says he could care less about the damage and that he and his family are thanking their lucky stars no one was hurt because on a normal Friday Rodea's daughter Lori and her two sons would have been sleeping in a camper that was hit by a bullet.
"I don't even want to think about what could've happened. I mean, there's bunk beds there that my kids sleep on and a bullet went right through there," Rodea's daughter Lori Haygood says.
Haywood and Rodea both say they think the shooting is in retaliation to another shooting that happened in Comstock Park on the Fourth of July.
"I don't know if one of the kids my son was with was related to one of the victims," Rodea says.
He also says since Friday Night, he's told his son to ditch the friends that are in question because the lives of him and his family are more important. Regardless of why it happened, the Lansing Police Department says local violence is starting to become a problem. Sgt. Steve Relyea says there are some steps you need to follow to remain safe just in case a shooting happens near your house.
"They don't want to leave the house to go investigate, they want to stay back away from the windows and call the police," Relyea says.
Rodea says those are the same safety tips that kept him and his family safe on Friday Night.
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