What exactly is a "Drive By Shooting"?

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FirstFreedom

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Can anyone in law enforcement / criminology answer me this one. Seems like a dumb question, but there have been a spate of Hispanic-gang-related "drive by shootings" in 2006 so far, and articles / media coverage about said drive by shoootings, of course. What does NOT appear to be clear from the stories are whether:

1. Drive by shootings means someone drove by and took shots (or A shot),

or

2. Drive by shootings means that someone was HIT with a bullet

??

Also, does anyone know in general, what portion of drive by shootings (or attempted drive by shootings, if shooting is defined as making a hit on a person), result in a someone actually being hit? I ask because I would think that gangsters firing handguns from a moving vehicle are not gonna make just a heck of a lot of hits, high capacity or not. Makes me think that the 300 and something figure of drive-bys so far YTD '05 in OKC means shots-fired-incidents, not people hit.
 
Drive bys are when someone drives by start shooting then drives off no hits needed just ******** with guns a car and no brains.
 
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Usually it's when a bunch of no brained idiots get together,get messed up, and go drive past a house or store,or even another vehicle and shoot at it with any weapons they may have handy..they even do it going down the freeway....

Back in the old west the Indians used to do it all the time!!!:D
 
Doubletaptap...

Back in the old west the Indians used to do it all the time!!!
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Except back in the old west, they were justified in defending their land.:( But either way, I'm sure they were better shots than today's "H4rDc0r3 5tr337 tHu9Z, G!!"


Epyon
 
Wow,

"H4rDc0r3 5tr337 tHu9Z
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I was looking for an acronym like S4B (S--- for brains).

In a drive-by shooting, one or more nitwit criminals take shots at their intended victim as they pass by. This tactic was adopted to allow a quick getaway where rival gang members may return fire. Of course it's nearly impossible to make hits from a moving car whilst holding your gun sideways.

The bad thing about this tactic is that the stupid and cowardly idiots who do it rarely care about the "collateral damage" to innocent bystanders -- such as those waiting outside movie theatres, restaurants or other places. They just fire away as if the bullets will magically find their target.
 
jfrey123...

Yeah, I've known people online who type like that just to look tough on the internet!! Mall ninjas and internet gangstas have the same mentality, they think they're tough and brag about themselves online.

To BillCA, obviously as stupid as drive-bys are, I'm sure there are some criminals who execute it with great precision to make sure they cause as much damage possible while making their hit. I haven't done too much of my gang research but I hear groups like MS-13 served in Central American military and para-military groups.


Epyon
 
So am I to understand that everyone is in agreement on the subject? That everywhere in the US, it always refers to a "shot fired" act, and not a "shots fired and someone hit" act?

Reason for the confusion is that ordinarily when the media uses the phrase "there was a shooting today", they mean someone actually took a bullet to their body. Alla sudden though, in the phrase "there was a DRIVE-BY shooting today", it does NOT mean that anyone took a bullet - it means that shots were merely fired. No exceptions??? Just making sure....

ok, hardcore street thugs....epyon, may I suggest that using that nonsense is arguably more idiotic than actually using "street" language? Particularly when there's no reason to, since what it means does not violate forum rules. :barf:
 
Drive-bys around here are shots fired from a moving vehicle at a person or building. I'm not even certain the vehicle has to moving, but the identifying characteristic is that the shooter doesn't get out before driving off.

Here's a report from the Virginia Gang Initiative Assoc. site.

"Drive-by shootings targeting seven homes and critically wounding one man followed by a stabbing two nights later has resonated expressions of alarm, shock and in some cases, resignation, among Sterling Park residents.

Authorities have characterized the shootings that began about 1 a.m., Wednesday, July 19, as possibly gang related. They have not identified the motive or which gangs were possibly involved. Teenagers lived in all five of the targeted homes. Stray bullets hit two other homes.

Gunfire first struck Holborn Court, then Margate Court, both in the Newberry Condominiums. Next the gunmen targeted a townhouse at Coventry Square in Providence Village and stray bullets hit two others. Then they fired at a home on Aster Terrace in the Rolling Ridge development. Finally, the suspects hit a house on North Argonne Avenue.

They fired 30 to 40 rounds, using at least two guns, within a half hour, authorities said. One bullet wounded a Coventry Square man who had been asleep in his second-floor bedroom. He remained in critical but stable condition Monday. "
 
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