And while he looks as if he will make it, there was no such luck for two men who were shot and killed last night. The first shooting happened in Hattieville at around 8:30 and the second happened about an hour later in the city.
We start with the City murder, where Eugene Palacio, known as "Corrupt" was killed in his neighborhood - and as his aunt celebrated her birthday across the street:
Jules Vasquez Reporting
Voice of Cousin: Was at Party When Eugene Palacio Was Killed
"We just hear shots start to bursts. It was real crazy."
In that hail of gunfire at, 37 year old Eugene Palacio was shot across the street from his Aunt's home at 9:30 pm:
Voice of Cousin: Was at Party When Eugene Palacio Was Killed
"He and my other cousin were standing there talking. The gunman came from Gill Street side and walked straight up into him, he knew what he wanted to do because he and she was standing there because tried to use my cousin as a shield but my cousin is short. The gunman knew what he wanted to do because he popped him in his face then he went over him and gives him some more shots."
Palacio's body lay on the side of the road for 45 minutes while police processed the scene. Interestingly, no markers for expended casings were put down by the scenes of crime team. Eventually, they piled his body into the police truck like so many others that have been killed on Ceasar Ridge
Voice of Cousin: Was at Party When Eugene Palacio Was Killed
"He has a son going to pre-school. Everything for him was his son, he goes to school for his son every day and bring his to us. Every evening he is here hanging out with us. He is not the troublesome person nor the gang related kind of person, he change. He has changed completely for many years from his release from prison. I guess the gunman was just into kill somebody last night."
And that was the mood on the street last night, as no one could say why they had come to terminate him with such determined finality - shooting him multiple times in the face:
Voice of Cousin: Was at Party When Eugene Palacio Was Killed
"I feel sick inside. I really want to know when this whole violence thing will stop. You feel so shaken up, even in your house you don't feel safe, not even to go to the shop. You see how close the shop is to my house. Even there I feel scared to go because you don't know where, how and when they are coming from."
No arrests have been made in this murder. Palacio is the brother of Aniver Palacio who was killed in 2006.
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