Monday Noonish

It was after 11am around noonish. I was loading bags,bags,bags and more bags into my mommyvan to take to the refugees. I was supposed to meet V.Y. at the church.(She sorts and distibutes things to the families that need them).
Just as I loaded the last item in my van, I noticed a tall young thin male jogging lightly up my road. (I didn't think much of him jogging...common in my area....but it was odd that he appeared to be wearing a few too many layers. I had on short sleeves.)
When he was about 30 feet from my house...I heard screeching tires coming around the corner. He slowed his jog to a walk. He and the car full of more young guys stopped right in front of my house.
I saw the front seat passenger pass a gun to the back seat passenger,stick it in the abdomen of the jogger and fire it. I dropped to the ground and heard at least 4 more shots loud enough to buzz my ears.
The car sped..peeled off. I could not make out the license plate, but had a pretty decent desciption of the car. I did not see but heard the jogger toss his gun(It made a loud metallic thud as it hit the paved road)
I ran in my house grabbed cordless phone and dialed 911. told them we need police and medic. My other neighbor (one of 3 of us eyewitnesses) i told her to grab some old towels. His exit wounds were bad.( I don't think I could have emotionally handle a 17 year old boy dying in front of my home.) I held pressure with doubled towels till medic took over. They took him to our major trauma center nearby.

How sad young people are Choosing this kind of life for themselves. It breaks my heart to see kids not much older than mine in sad predicaments and lifestyles.