I got ya, yeah, that was John Mac HS, some of the kids I used to write about go there. It's about four blocks from the Dumaine house, ten from here. The school shootings get a lot of press, but for this area the only thing unique about the John Mac shooting was that it happened in a school. 15--20 year old black males shooting each other is a common and ongoing horror in NOLA (and obviously in many larger cities across amurica). Lately about one a day, then three in one day, then two. Then a break, then it starts again. At a pretty high rate for over twenty years now. Big Time Spooky yes, not a bad title.
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- jimlouis 4-30-2003 6:20 am