People whom you know to have been shot

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9. Five, that I can quickly think of

The first was when I was a young child, a neighbor committed suicide

The second: a neighbor was "accidentally shot while cleaning his gun" ...? (again as a child)

The third, a teenager in the neighborhood was killed while in a sketchy part of the city (reportedly drug related), again I was a child

Four: My cousin's husband was killed during an armed robbery at the auto parts store he managed.

Five: A nurse I worked with was shot by a deranged healthcare administrator (after she left the hospital I was working at).

On edit: Upon reflection I honestly did not know (consciously) that gun violence had played this prominent of a role in my life until I started writing.

I need to add that I have always lived in "typical" middle class to UMC suburban areas (as opposed to rural "hunting" areas or crime ravaged inner city areas).

I also need to add that a cousin of sorts (my uncles foster child he was a teenager when he came to live with my uncle) shot and killed a repo guy while he was repo'ing his car. When this occurred the guy was in his late 40s and had never shown symptoms of great violence ... yet, he had a gun and killed another human being.