North Austin residents living on Tuffit Lane have witnessed four drive-by shootings in their neighborhood since April 20.
Resident Joe Ayres says the first shooting happened about a year ago, but says shootings have since ramped up. He says there have been four shootings from April 20 to May 1. Each time, multiple rounds are fired."It's really scary coming home and thinking, it's like, 'go to sleep,' five minutes into sleep, 'pow pow pow pow pow,' wake up, can't go back to sleep," Ayres said.
He says no one has been hurt to his knowledge and that one person has already moved out of a bullet-ridden house. Neighbors believe the suspects are targeting a specific house, but other houses and cars and also getting hit. Police do respond, but neighbors want more than that."I think just having any sort of presence here within the neighborhood would go a long way," resident Michael Garza said. "It's been really disheartening to know that you clearly see a repetition here, and we kind of feel like it's going to take something even worse happening for something to actually change.
"I've had neighbors tell me that they talk to their significant other, you know, and say, 'hey, going to happen tonight,' and it's like, 'oh my God,' or the neighbor comes out and says, 'hey, been two days since the last shooting,' that's not a conversation you should be having with your neighbor. 'We made it another two days. Let's try for a third day,'" Ayres said.
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