Crime Can Happen in Your Neighborhood

You are not protected by your zip code. See video: Drive-by shooting in Bullion Crossing neighborhood upsets suburban calm in Prairieville.

Ascension Parish detectives are investigating a late afternoon drive-by shooting in a quiet Prairieville subdivision not far from a local public school, the sheriff said Wednesday.

There is mention of a Homeowners' Association, but it is not a gated community.

First the neighbors:

John DuFour, 61, who has lived in Bullion for a few years, said the shooting has shaken up families not used to that type of violent crime in the neighborhood.

"It's pretty disturbing," DuFour said.

OK, so they weren't shocked as much as disturbed. It comes to the same thing. They thought that crime couldn't happen in their little community.

And the Sheriff, who should really know better.

“The video of what happened in Bullion Crossing Monday evening is certainly alarming; I can understand the resident’s concerns. We do believe this an isolated situation, and our detectives are actively investigating this shooting," [Sheriff Bobby] Webre added in a statement. "We will do everything in our power to find the people involved in this shooting, and bring them to justice."

If you can read this, then you live in The Real World™ and not in some fantasy land like Mayberry, RFD, or Pleasantville. In the real world crime can, and all too often does, happen.

Oh, and HOAs are eeevil. But that is story for another time.