re: Another Shooting at Va Tech

just now on scanner....



subject matching description walking with a limp into bed bath and beyond.


also...report of van driving erratically and almost running a 911 caller off road.

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If Birmingham isn't that bad then why is their crime score so high according to the link?

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It can be a rough town obviously, but personally I've never been messed with. 5 points and all the clubs are a blast. Most of it is gang violence in other parts of town.

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roadGator

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It depends on the area in Birmingham. It's not really the UAB Campus or Southside. It's mainly West Birmingham, East Birmingham and North Birmingham that have the high crime rates.

Listening to the police scanner, sounds like something is about to go down.

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3/4 of the city is dangerous. I attended grad school at UAB. I felt safe but I have mean face.

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. It can be dangerous like I said, but it's a great party town and one of those cities that you kinda have that mentality that "nothing happens to people you know."

"The Magic City" Too many good memories.

just a hell of a lot of traffic going on for one...

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What's going on?

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Press conference at 4:30EST is all I've heard.

Saying they're looking for a suspect near some wooded area near the shooting. Cops are all converging.

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roadGator

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UAB isn't that bad. Granted, there have been incidents that the administration never passed along. Example: a girl in my stats class was robbed, at gun point, in front of her dorm (Blount Hall). UAB never said a word about this to anyone on campus.

West Birmingham, East Birmingham and the neighborhoods of North Birmingham are the absolute worst. Actual downtown (where all the big buildings and city hall) are pretty safe, unless you're copper. Last year, the city tree was burned to a crisp after a thief was trying to extract copper from the Christmas Lights.