OT: Shots fired outside St. Andrews and The Kingdom in Downtown Detroit

Hello my neighbors, and everyone else.

I live in the buidling across the street. That last poster and I have similar views. I have a balcony and watched the post-shooting scene unfold. I was awake, heard the shots, jumped to the window and saw one of the bouncers coming around the back of the SUV. The driver's door was open and the driver had already fallen into the street. The SUV was slammed into the building... just as this video and photos show.

I don't know if the man posting on here claiming he's a bouncer from the scene is who he says he is, but his story sounds true. It jives with everything I've heard from people I personally know who on the block that night.

I don't know why the victim did what he did. But he sure did it. That spot where he ran his truck into the building is the exit door. Every Friday and Saturday night, from 1:40 to 2:00, hundreds of people file out those doors, in a steady stream. Kingdom is a huge club and it fills up every weekend. And there are typically 3 to 5 bouncers standing there maning the door. It's a big scene. People hang out on the side walk and block the traffic on Congress Street. Across Congress, is a large surface lot. People hang out in the late. There's lots of socializing and post-bar fooling around going on. It's arguably the busiest 2:00 am parking lot in the downtown district.

In the last few weeks, the police have decided to crack down on the bar patrons who block the traffic on Congress. For the past several weeks, there have been a minimum of two cop cars outside the club from 1:30 to 2:30, trying to disperse the crowd faster and keep people out of the street. When they first started this crack down, there were 8 cop cars on the scene. When people loiter in the street, the cops turn on their sirens and yell at the people over their loud speakers - "Get out of the street!" It's pretty annoying, actually. As a resident, it was easier dealing with the crowd noise than the police noise. But i understand why the cops are there.

So on Friday night, there were cops on the scene already. They were parked outside the club. I saw them out my window before the incident.

And this guy in the SUV, ran his truck up on the sidewalk and rammed the busiest exit door in the city - right in front of police officers. I have not witnessed a more callosed disregard for life than what the driver of that SUV did. He had no idea who he might kill. And the bouncers had every right to open fire on him.

Why are the bouncers carrying weapons? Because there are crazy mutherfuckers who will ram the exit door of the club at 1:50 am with a large SUV, that's why. The smart bouncers where bullet-proof vests as well.

I love my city. People love to jump on these message boards and type a 30-word reason why the city is the poorest large city in the nation... why it's population has declined... and why it's filled with abandonment. There is no quick and easy explanation. There are hundreds of factors that came together. And they're not just limited to Detroit. Detroit has seen the worst of many things, sadly.

As far as racism... it's everywhere. Not just Detroit. People migrated to Detroit for good-paying jobs and the population exploded. They brought all their racist ideas with them. And those ideas continue to be handed down to their children. Racism is rampant in the suburbs and the city. Everyone hates everyone in Michigan. That breaks my heart, but it's true.

And it breaks my heart that a guy got shot dead in my front yard last Friday night. I hope his surviving family can find some peace. And I hope the bouncers who's lives he almost took can find some peace too.

This whole story is sad!!  No, it's not right that the victim ran his SUV into the nightclub, but it makes you wonder, what occurred inside for him to want to do that....Hmmmm??? 

IF YOU WERE AT THE "KINGDOM NIGHTCLUB" APRIL 16TH AND HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE SHOOTING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLUB: PLEASE CONTACT THE FAMILY T 313-583-9T.I.P. (9847) OR EMAIL: [email protected].. THERE IS A REWARD FOR VITAL INFORMATION.

Is it possible to send a private message on this blog?  I am counsel for the victim's family.

Thank you.

He deserved it!!!!  Plain and simple, typical ghetto behavior.

Counsel for what?  All you people are alike!  You're gonna lose, you can't fight against JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.  LOL

Thanks God my parents weren`t at home that night, they live at that street, I`ll send them the college paper describing all the details