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GFSZ's don't stop crime, but they do prevent Law Abiding residents from protecting themselves.
This happened 1 block from a middle school & 4 blocks from a high school....
Police Scale Back Search After Green Bay Shooting Updated:
Thursday, November 19, 2009 By Matt Smith
Green Bay police say a person shot in an east-side neighborhood will recover, and is talking with investigators.
Police say a man in his early 20s was shot around 2:40 Thursday afternoon on the 1300-block of Crooks Street near Irwin Avenue. That's about a block away from Washington Middle School.
Police say he's hospitalized in serious condition. He told investigators he didn't know the man who shot him, and police say they have no reason to doubt his story.
We're told the shooter approached the victim outside, asked him a question, then pulled out a handgun.
Three rounds were believed to be fired, at least one of them hitting the victim.
"From the very little we've got, this shooting happened very fast," Lieutenant John Balza, Green Bay Police Department, said.
The shooter left on foot.
"We have no idea where this guy went," Balza said.
The gunman is described as a white man in his early to mid 20s, about 5'10", with an athletic build. He had dark hair and Thursday afternoon he was clean shaven and wearing a white, hooded sweatshirt.
Police consider him armed and dangerous.
"We really don't know what this guy's motive was, and from the very little we've gathered there doesn't seem to be a motive involved," Lt. Balza said.
"I don't think this is 100 percent purely random. The shooter was probably looking for something in the near vicinity -- whether it's a case of mistaken identity, the wrong address, whatever. There just isn't much to go on right now," Balza said.
Police canvassed the neighborhood, basically going door-to-door looking for the suspected shooter.
"It's a little scary not knowing what's going on and if he's still on the loose and why," a woman who lives nearby said.
While the neighborhood response team was in the area, Thursday night the active search was scaled back.
"Most of the officers I had on this are back in their regular duties. We'll continue to look, we'll continue to follow leads that get called in," Lt. Balza said.
GFSZ's don't stop crime, but they do prevent Law Abiding residents from protecting themselves.
This happened 1 block from a middle school & 4 blocks from a high school....
Police Scale Back Search After Green Bay Shooting Updated:
Thursday, November 19, 2009 By Matt Smith
Green Bay police say a person shot in an east-side neighborhood will recover, and is talking with investigators.
Police say a man in his early 20s was shot around 2:40 Thursday afternoon on the 1300-block of Crooks Street near Irwin Avenue. That's about a block away from Washington Middle School.
Police say he's hospitalized in serious condition. He told investigators he didn't know the man who shot him, and police say they have no reason to doubt his story.
We're told the shooter approached the victim outside, asked him a question, then pulled out a handgun.
Three rounds were believed to be fired, at least one of them hitting the victim.
"From the very little we've got, this shooting happened very fast," Lieutenant John Balza, Green Bay Police Department, said.
The shooter left on foot.
"We have no idea where this guy went," Balza said.
The gunman is described as a white man in his early to mid 20s, about 5'10", with an athletic build. He had dark hair and Thursday afternoon he was clean shaven and wearing a white, hooded sweatshirt.
Police consider him armed and dangerous.
"We really don't know what this guy's motive was, and from the very little we've gathered there doesn't seem to be a motive involved," Lt. Balza said.
"I don't think this is 100 percent purely random. The shooter was probably looking for something in the near vicinity -- whether it's a case of mistaken identity, the wrong address, whatever. There just isn't much to go on right now," Balza said.
Police canvassed the neighborhood, basically going door-to-door looking for the suspected shooter.
"It's a little scary not knowing what's going on and if he's still on the loose and why," a woman who lives nearby said.
While the neighborhood response team was in the area, Thursday night the active search was scaled back.
"Most of the officers I had on this are back in their regular duties. We'll continue to look, we'll continue to follow leads that get called in," Lt. Balza said.
