Bad people happen to good people

I often see assault victims who were injured while they were "minding my own business". typically they are either drunk, belligerent, or covered in gang tattoos. sometimes they are all 3 and there is no doubt that they doing something other than minding their own business. occasionally i do see victims who were actually innocent bystanders...

Pleasant gentleman was taking out the trash late at night after work. as he went to the dumpster behind his building he unknowingly interrupted a break-in in progress. He was shot once and the bullet travelled through both thighs. Luckily it was a clean shot with no nerve, muscle, or bone damage, but still…one minute he was diligently performing his job and the next he was a gunshot wound victim.


Nice 14 year-old kid was walking home from football try-outs after school (lives in one of the less desirable parts of the city) when he was stabbed in the arm by an older teenaged thug. In-and-wound right above elbow. Patient arrived tot he ER bleeding profusely from a brachial artery wound and he also lost ulnar nerve function due to laceration. He was sent to the OR for surgical management, and he can forget playing football this season.

3 bridesmaids were brought screaming into the ER after they were shot during a drive-by shooting of a wedding in progress. Enough said on this one...