What trend? There are shootings every day, just like this. Its just the trendy thing to report for now. After a while they'll pick on something else.
Normally, shootings are just a local story. Gang shootings aren't even worthy of local news in places like LA or Detroit.
FWIW, my minority students tell me that gangs do their shootings in the community, not at school. They say it's only the crazy middle-class white kids who try to shoot people at school.
Ramius, I agree, see my #77. This is like shark attacks, or 1994- every front page of every newspaper had an “assault weapon” story, every TV news, radio...until AWB passed, then it seemed the problem cleared up in a week or so.
Might be news to you, but Las Vegas Nevada has a higher crime rate per capita than LA, California.
In fact, Las Vegas has higher crime in both property and violent crime catagories than does LA, California.
Another fact is Las Vegas crime rate is rising, while LA, Cal has dropped dramatically.
Another fact is LA, Cal has lower crime than most all cities in this country of comparable size.
Interesting huh?
Yep... When I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago there was news of yet another gang shooting nightly it seems... I wouldn’t place this incident in the same “class” as the Church Shootings, nor the Mall Shooting, personally. Gang violence is a completely different “creature” if you will from people who “snap” and commit mass murders.