This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 25 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 26 years here in a weekly blog post.
Update from last week:
We heard from the officer about the 4 individuals who pointed a gun at my daughter. They caught all 4 of them when they were trying to steal another car. They ran when they got caught and police chased them and caught them. So at least they are off the streets for now.
We heard from the officer about the 4 individuals who pointed a gun at my daughter. They caught all 4 of them when they were trying to steal another car. They ran when they got caught and police chased them and caught them. So at least they are off the streets for now.
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On Sunday night really late, we heard several gunshots. Then a few minutes later, several more gunshots. I turned on my bedroom camera and was watching it when a guy came out from the courtyard across the street, aimed a gun in the air, fire off several more shots and ran back inside one of the apartments in that courtyard but I couldn't see which one he ran into. My daughter called the police and they came out. After looking around, they didn't find anything so they left. The guy with the gun didn't come out again that I saw.
The police were in the same courtyard across the street on Wednesday where I saw a guy a few days ago shooting off his gun. I don't know if they were there for the same guy though. I didn't see anyone arrested so I don't know what was going on.
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You see this gate right here? This is new. This hole in the wall is right behind my apartment building. As you can see the grocery store, Cal-Ranch, McDonalds, Del Taco and the dog shelter and training place is right on the other side of this block wall. People have been using this hole in the wall for the 26 years that I've lived here to easily get to whatever stores are here. Before Marianas and Cal- Ranch there was a CVS and Smiths grocery store here.
Everyone in the neighborhood uses this hole in the wall to get to these shops. Now one of these shops installed a gate that does not open. How rude, selfish and idiotic they are. I'm thinking it was Cal-Ranch since they seem to think they own this entire neighborhood since moving over here. Now we all have to walk the long way around to get to the grocery store. I can only hope someone gets mad and breaks the wall. They tried to block this hole one other time by putting in more blocks and cement but that was destroyed really fast.
The high this week was 67F/19C
The low this week was 36F/2C
So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.
I expect that you won't have to walk the long way to the shops for long.
ReplyDeleteI am really glad that the people who pointed the gun at your daughter were caught. Really, really glad.
I'm sure the gate will be gone at some point. I'm glad they got caught too.
DeleteI hope those four guys are off the street for a long time. I don't know what the laws in Nevada are like, but threatening a person with a gun should carry a severe penalty. It's a threat to the victim's life.
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine what the intended purpose of blocking off that hole in the wall would be. Next time you're in the grocery store, you might want to ask if they know who did it and why. Then everyone can just avoid that one business.
I don't know what they're being charged with but they were caught in the middle of trying to steal another car and running from the police.
DeleteLife is very exciting where you live. Maybe some people fire guns for fun?
ReplyDeleteOh I'm sure he was doing it for fun but those bullets have to come down somewhere.
DeleteWhy install a gate that is locked? What's the point?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea. It's not stopping anyone, they are just climbing over it right now.
DeleteThey don’t want the apartment dwellers to shop there? So strange.
ReplyDeleteGlad the gunmen were caught.
It really is strange. I don't get it. I'm glad they got caught too.
DeleteOh, I bet that gate won't last long. Keep us posted!
ReplyDeleteOh I will.
DeleteHi, Mary!
ReplyDeleteThe relative peace and tranquility your neighborhood was enjoying on my last two or three monthly visits to Dark Thoughts has yielded to incidents of gunfire and increased police presence. I'm sorry to learn for the first time about the scary episode involving your daughter. It's good to know authorities rounded up the offenders. It's alarming that the man who shot his gun into the air either lives in your neighborhood himself or hangs out at an apartment belonging to one of your neighbors. A gate that isn't designed to open is indeed a cruel insult to the community. I hope it comes down one way or another.
I am back in action with November's post at Shady's Place and hope you and my buddy Falcor can drop by for a look and a listen. I wish you a happy Sunday and a great week ahead, dear friend Mary!
It hasn't been quiet around here for weeks. Fire, guns, police, craziness.
DeleteI'm amazed the cops caught those Crips. Will your daughter have to testify about their pulling a gun on her or will this be another catch and bond out and back on the streets thing instead of some real jail time? Too bad your camera doesn't record so the cops could ID the guy in your complex shooting off rounds. And I imagine someone will smash the concrete around the gate, take the gate away and sell it, LOL.
ReplyDeleteThe police haven't told her she has to testify yet. They were caught red handed trying to steal another car so maybe she won't have to. I hope someone does take the gate. lol
DeleteYay that the police caught the guys who pointed a gun at your daughter! And that is really rude that they put a gate in that denies you access to their businesses. How frustrating.
ReplyDeleteI hope someone uninstalls that gate.
DeleteThanks for the update
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
DeleteI wonder if the gate was even installed legally. Might be worth a phone call or email to the city. Stir up a little crap. Call the news, in Oregon we have '2 on your side' but there are lots of variations of a similar thing in other cities. I'd raise hell just 'cause.
ReplyDeleteHope they lock up the shitheads who pointed a gun at your daughter, but it seems that there really aren't any serious penalties for that kind of thing anymore. That and car theft. It's like LE doesn't give a shit and neither does the justice system.
That's an interesting idea. I will look into doing that. I want to know who installed the gate through. I hope those guys spend some time in jail for what they did.
DeleteI was also going to mention the 'squeaky wheel' idea.
DeleteThat is terrifying. It's like an episode of one of those crime shows on TV.
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
Yeah it is.
DeleteMaybe someone will remove the gate, like someone removed the blocks and cement?
ReplyDeleteGlad the four gunmen were caught.
I hope so. I'm glad they were caught too.
DeleteWow. I can see if the gate could be opened, but it's silly to block customers from using the gate. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
It's making a lot of people mad around here.
DeleteSo pleased that the people who pointed the gun at your daughter were caught.
ReplyDeleteEarly good wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving.
All the best Jan
I am too. Thank you.
DeleteThat's just way too much shooting going on out there. Yes, that gate was really rude!
ReplyDeleteHearing gunshots all the time is not something I like.
DeleteI'm so glad they caught those guys. I hope they are away for a while as that had to have been scary for your daughter.
ReplyDeleteIf they're going to block the doorway, at least make it like some sort of door that you all can open. Otherwise, that's just rude.
I hope they are locked away for a while too. I hope that gate gets taken down one way or another.
DeleteI'm glad they caught those guys. I hope you've been well Mary.
ReplyDeleteHey Greg, I'm doing good. Hope you are too.
DeleteHow scary that people are just randomly shooting guns in your neighborhood! So dangerous. I'm glad they caught the 4 that pointed the gun at your daughter. I'm sorry to hear they've made it a hassle to get to the grocery store.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad they caught them too. It shouldn't be a hassle to get to the grocery store.
DeleteMaybe they want to keep all the druggies away with that gate LOL
ReplyDeleteThey are just jumping it. lol
Deleteso glad they were caught, what a scary event for you and your family! May your neighborhood settle down into peace !!
ReplyDeleteI hope it does stay quiet for a while.
DeleteI hope those guys stay in jail for a long time...but it sounds like the new trend around your place is firing guns for the sake of it. These people must have money to throw away.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about the same thing Ami did...is that gate even allowed?
I'm not sure if it's allowed. I think it depends on who installed it and I don't know who it was yet.
DeleteTear down that gate, Cal Ranch.
ReplyDeleteI hope someone does.
Deleteoh Lord. I can't complain about where I live now.
ReplyDeleteAt least those maniacs are off the streets for now!
Hope things get better :(
Well, it's been like this for years so I don't see it getting better but thank you
DeleteYou see more cops in a week then I do in a year
ReplyDeleteThey are here a lot.
DeleteGlad they caught the bad guys. Your ophotos are phenomenal!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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