Saturday, December 20, 2008

The Orlando murder clock ticks towards midnight

Man Shot In Pine Hills Home While Texting In Chair- Victim's Friend Says Neighbors Heard Shots, Saw No One

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Alfred Coleman's friend, Vann, said they heard gunshots in their Pine Hills at about 3 a.m., and then his friend was dead. "I'm moving," Vann said. "I'm getting the heck from around here. This is crazy."

Right you are Vann. There have been more Americans killed in Orlando this month, than Americans KIA in Iraq. No matter how people try to trivialize the crime problem in the greater Orlando area, we are in fact, living in a combat zone. I touched on this in an earlier article that approached this serious problem from a somewhat humorous perspective, as well as in this entry.

The murder map has not been updated yet, but with the addition of Caylee Anthony and this latest victim, we may have broken or at least tied the all time record for homicide in the Orlando area with eleven days to go till New Years. In the city of Orlando, homicide is up 11% this year. If this keeps up, we will have to change the name from The City Beautiful, to The City Dangerfull or the City Morgue-is-full.

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