Shooting kills 2 and injures 18 victims in Florida street with hundreds of people nearby
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A fight between two groups turned deadly in Florida when a shooting in a Tampa street during Halloween festivities resulted in two deaths and 18 people hospitalized early Sunday morning, police said. One suspect is in custody and at least one more is being sought.
Video posted online shows people, many in Halloween costumes, drinking and talking on the street when about a dozen shots ring out followed seconds later by about eight more, creating a stampede. Some people topple over metal tables and take cover behind them. Video from the aftermath shows police officers treating several people lying wounded on the ground.
If they didn't have guns, it'll just be two or three people wrestling around until they get tired. Maybe a ambulance.
But thanks to FREEDOM, 2 people and 18 others were included! Yay! Guns guns guns guns guns guns!
I think the solution is: MORE GUNS
Thanks to GUNS, were providing jobs to doctors, nurses, and funerals! It's a job maker!
I think the solution is not infringing on my freedom to force multiply my hurt feelings into everybody's problem.
This is in Ybor City, a historic business district to the east of downtown Tampa. If you're familiar with Broadway in Nashville, it's kind of the same thing with a bunch of bars, restaurants, music venues, and similar all in a row on 7th Ave. Ybor cycles every few years between relatively safe and out of control depending mostly on how much police presence there is. Usually it takes three or four violent events before the police crack down but since this is making national news I expect they'll be doing it sooner than later. I don't think there's ever been so many people injured at once in Ybor.
For many years, we used to have a Halloween celebration called Guavaween where the city would fence off the entire strip and search everyone trying to get in. I wouldn't be surprised if they bring that sort of security back next year.