Risky 76013

'Vaalkaiyee porkalam... Vaalnthu thaan paarkanum;
Porkalam Maaralam.... Poorgal thaan Maarumooo....;'

[life is a war-field ... we have to live in it... ; War-Fields change but... wars dont... ]

This is an old Tamil saying... but a meaningful saying... and it ll be reinforced everywhere we go... This is becoming true in and around 76013... There were multiple incidents which were scary and really bad.. All the incidents can be classified as mugging and aggravated robbery.

Fall started smoothly.. and my first year doing my Masters is also done.. ( Successfully ... i ll tell abt this on the next post...) everything was good and fall colors were awesome to experience.. and my courses were also going well.. And time went by... Temperature dropped... Safety dropped along with it.. that was the bad part of fall's other-side...

"...... male, medium tone, approximately 6 feet, 200 pounds, late 20s to early 30s, mustache (few days growth), wearing a striped knit hat, dark colored jacket, white T-shirt with dark writing, and dark pants and Weapon: Handgun – unknown type.... Suspect fumbled around checking pockets, leaned against the counter and brandished a handgun. Suspect told the clerk, “Give me all your money.”...... " --- was a mail from campus cops...

i was just upset for a minute and forgot.. A week passed by, heard about one more incident ... a student was mugged and grabbed a phone off ... my fear raised a bit... and finally it happened to one of my friends... he was mugged and his laptop was robbed... i was shocked to hear that 15 people were involved in the robbery... one blow he lost one of his tooth i couldnt see his face.. soo bad and this happened in the heart of the place were lot of people will usually be around but on that day none were there to prevent that.
my rommie helped him to the hospital and got his first aid done.. now people (me too) are really frightened to walk alone in parking lots of their own apartments... students reduced the time of night study... but could'nt be avoided cos many work the whole day and do their school works at night..

Cops Instruction To All - To avoid more similar incidents

- Avoid walking alone late nights
-Try to be in Flocks... if u cant avoid night-outs..
-Be attentive...
-Avoid dark areas .. walk through well lit areas..
-Call cops for assistance..
-Call Night transit assistance people for quick and safe transit to your apartments / parkings

Please Do follow instructions ... tell your friends to come along if possible.. at least tell them where you are going so that if you are late they can track you down even in event of some mis-happening...

Hope Situations Change... Cops are doing their best by increasing patrol force .. and striving hard to improve the safety @ 76013 and around