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Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 | 7:54 a.m.
Shooting
A man was shot several times after exchanging gunfire early Monday with another resident at a North Las Vegas apartment complex, police said.
North Las Vegas Police received reports of shots fired about 1:30 a.m. at Newport Village Apartments, 1827 W. Gowan Road, spokeswoman Officer Chrissie Coon said.
Police arrived to find a 31-year-old man in critical condition, she said. Several apartment buildings had been sprayed with stray gunfire, she said.
Preliminary investigation indicated the man had exchanged gunfire with a 42-year-old resident at the complex, Coon said.
The victim was taken to University Medical Center.
The other man was uninjured and was detained for questioning, police said. No one else was injured.
North Las Vegas Police ask anyone with information regarding the shooting to call 702-0633-9111 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.
North Las Vegas....am I surprised?
Gunfire "spraying"?
Just put a giant wall around N Las Vegas and be done with it. I am amazed at the utter lack of basic human behavior. Is life really that worthless that you think of nothing of spraying gunfire like bug spray?
How can peace and happiness be brought to the city of North Las Vegas? I think we've all heard enough of these stories. What can we do as a community to help turn the tide?
They have to help themselves Ashley. You can't do it. Children out of wedlock, school drop out rates above 50%, drug use, no respect for life, dignity, property, themselves and welfare as a way of life. North Las Vegas isn't holding up their end of the deal. You cannot keep blaming others, the economy, the police for your personally created problems. The cycle needs to be broken, snapped in half. Short term it will get worse but long term it will get better.
TomD....the one group I never blame in areas where violence is high and poverty is up are children.
and @ hater....do you have any facts to base your statements on? I would hate to assume that's right.
Groovy!!
I'm not blaming children Ashley. My statement should have read "Those" having children out of wedlock. It's become a perpetual problem. 18-25 year olds with no means of support continuing to have babies!!! Not one with 1 man, these girls are on their 2nd, 3rd child with 2-3 different men. I can't tell you how many stories my friends tell me who work in the casino industry of 18-25 year old girls making minimum wage here continuing to pop out children. The story is always the same. "Now I've got myself a good man"....3 months later, he's gone, she's 6 months pregnant. Over and over.
The lower socioeconomic community is NOT holding up to their responsibilities. Take care of yourself first. Once that has been established and there is extra to go around and you are in a stable marriage, have your children. That is not what is happening and in places like Vegas' lower economic strata it's becoming an epidemic of single moms who can't afford a lollipop. These kids have no chance and are finding themselves with long juvenile records and eventually situations like this article.
It's pains me to admit it, but TomD1228 and hater are spot on... I was in The Von's on Twain an hour or so after the Metro shooting on Cambridge... the man who was shot had taken a hostage for Christ's sake, but the people in the store were blaming Metro.
The whole inner-city community represents as "animals" and not just on N. Las Vegas and the Twain area... go to any major city.. it's a"badge of honor" to father multiple babies with baby mama's. The way they treat themselves and others is horrible.
Their community leaders have got to stem and turn the tide. It's truly AWFUL.
TomD, have you ever heard of Bill Cosby's 'Pound Cake' Speech? He mentions several key points you mention as well.
http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/transcript...
And as a single mom...I have to say I dont personally understand men and women who have child after child when they cant really afford them. People should want to give their children the best in life, not the lease.
The only one who wants to tell it like it is Bill Cosby. The inner city community is not holding up their end of the deal and it's getting worse. Stop having children...to start. You can't afford them, you can't raise them, you can't nurture them.
Then get an education. At least finish high school for chrissakes. In a lot of ways these kids are doomed from day one. No Dad, no role model, no authority, and a mother looking for emotional happiness from some guy who can't pinch together 2 pennies.
Then we say we don't want to make the children victims of their parents irresponsibility. That's fine but it does nothing to stop or mitigate the cycle from continuing tenfold. You're going to have to make short term sacrifices to those children in order to change the cycle. No one wants to see a child go hungry, raised in a bad environment but we cannot keep rewarding those who perpetuate that cycle with food stamps, welfare, section 8 housing, free medical care and on and on.. We have got to start weening them off. The inner city community will never grow healthy under the current system
Statistics show that if you are likely to get yourself shot (war, other battles, crime, hostile personality), you usually get it taken care of by age 35 or so. So let's get more age-restricted areas for the over-40 crowd to live in some safety.
Ashley 10:51, please note, we AGREE on something. TomD: Can we spread the word--I've seen many women who are so "surprised" when they are deserted by their man, men, the third time, fourth time when they have 3, 4, or 5 kids. Seems they think their (her) religion means he will stick around for all the kids she can have. So SHE thinks it's a good idea to get pregnant. What kind of a relationship can a man and woman, or any couple, have when there are kids demanding attention, meals, clothing/laundry..... Now that's not all bad but there must be give and take allowing a lot of room for your relationship to grow into a real partnership BEFORE you have kids. And girls to women need to CONSIDER that your man (or the guy you want to make your man) is a lot more interested in a SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP than in a family relationship. It's natural. If a relationship lasts a few years, you might grow closer and he may be interested in supporting you and children. Then let's allow a little room for the men who disappear so the kids can be better off without them--perhaps with a more fatherly man around--perhaps receiving welfare benefits rather than hungry, crying, wet / need a change...
But hey, GUYS, if you're a teen now, you WILL BE ON THE HOOK for retroactive child support--that DNA will finger you as father and the feds along with County District Attorneys (child support enforcement program) are going to get you--they will pull your passport, your drivers license, your occupational licenses, your tax refunds, YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS, YOUR PAYCHECKS to get that overdue child support. So whatever sex life you want to have, it's now the Dude's responsibility to make sure CONTRACEPTION, also known as birth control, is used EVERY TIME.
The EPIDEMIC: teen girls who are not aware of any option other than having kids. So many are unaware of any way to support themselves--even if they make it through high school. We must insist K-12 include mandatory classes in "Life Skills." Not just the show-up-for-work-on-time classes required by Welfare. Life Skills that explain how to find a job--being able to show attendance at school. Skills so you do NOT GO WILD when you get the first pay check--make it last until the next check. How to find a low-cost apartment or room. How to find a room mate--who will share the costs but not leave you holding the bills. How to treat your room mate so the thing works out. How to find "parenting" classes to take long BEFORE you get pregnant. Skills that allow you to consider the COSTS of pregnancy and parenthood.
And how about that billboard: Poster "child" (young man with gang colors) of life in prison without parole. Caption: NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN--after he "accidentally shot and killed" a bystander.
"TomD: Can we spread the word--I've seen many women who are so "surprised" when they are deserted by their man, men, the third time, fourth time when they have 3, 4, or....."
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Seems you can spread the word 10,000 times. They don't get it. It's a different mindset Roberta. A different world than mine. They are on another planet with their thinking. I can't relate to it, I can't understand it and I likely never will. The inner city, low socio economic thinking is just way out there. Some of these young girls can have a fun, uplifting, out of poverty life....too many are becoming pregnant teens with no resources, loser boyfriends and a future built on welfare, poverty, misery and unhappiness. I simply don't get it.
Bob, just trying to warn teen boys that they WILL pay for unprotected sex, can't just leave it up to the girl--at least those boys who have a future and are likely to have a career, own a home. Child Support Enforcement already uses dna--whenever a mom names any guy as daddy he HAS TO take the test or they can judgment his assets AS IF his dna proved it. And CSE already takes licenses, assets, income.
And Bob, I agree with you more perhaps completely regarding "downtrodden" as a way of life is just not society's problem. If anyone chooses to live that way, we SHOULD NOT enable it.
But that still lives irresponsible "downtrodden" boys to men who think it's macho to impregnate but not perform as daddies. So we must educate the girls to women that the guys are just not going to stick with them. Those ideas that because he impregnates you he'll be around to provide for you and the kids are just insane. Women can chose to have kids without expecting daddy to be there, but the women must plan on supporting those kids--not relying on the rest of us for a lifetime income without employment.
For anyone who doubts it, we already have statutory authority for dna whenever an unsupported mother names you as the daddy, or probably the daddy. You must provide a dna sample or you can be held financially responsible for that child. The District Attorneys and State Child Support Enforcement staff probably don't want all the phone calls. Maybe we can get Sam Shad, Nevada Newsmakers, to invite Director Mike Willden to explain it (Nevada Dpt of H&HS). Mike may even have personal experience...
Bob 9:28, I agree again with the concept that those who act like animals must be treated like animals. Animals must be locked up forever and ever--we'll save the costs to our cultures, society, law enforcement, potential victims, future court costs. Sure, we'll pay for prisons. Let's get a few chain gangs to make little rocks out of the big rocks and build some energy-efficient, thick walled cells on the outskirts of town. We can lease space to California and Arizona. This could be a growth industry--we have the land space for it.