Gang Violence II

This time, it's not about the great music band but about real gang violence. Over the last two weeks, fights among local gangs have escalated and lead to nine shootings in the last eleven days. Most of these shootings took place in the suburbs (map of 2009 homicides), but last Sunday violence break into the heart of our posh Kitsilano neighbourhood when unknown subjects gunned down a 28-year-old in front of Kit's IGA supermarket. Considering that it is Valentine's day today, it makes me thinking of the classic Roger Corman's 1967 film The St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

Link to a CBC news report in RealMedia Player streaming format