Pubdate: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 Source: Citizens' Voice, The (Wilkes-Barre, PA) Copyright: 2003 The Citizens' Voice Contact: http://www.citizensvoice.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1334 DRUGGIES ENDANGER INNOCENT BYSTANDERS Those involved should see harm they bring upon others. If Roberta and Dominic St. George had been standing in their living room Wednesday evening at 8, instead of sitting, they would have been innocent victims of a gang-warfare shooting, they say. John Need, too, could have been wounded or killed by the bullets that smashed a window of the house of John Need. If anyone had been sitting at the table or in the chair for the computer of Quinta Krombel, she said, "they would have been hit." And, it's lucky no one was in a car parked across the street from Krobbel's home. Three times, it was hit by bullets. A shootout on North Main Street in Wilkes-Barre sounded the too-well-known alarm about drug activity in area neighborhoods -- and brought to awareness one more. As always, the case calls for the tracking down of the shooters, their arrest and prosecution. Additionally, however, this case shows that those involved in illegal drug activity -- dealers and users -- are endangering not just their own lives, but the lives of innocent people. If Mr. or Mrs. St. George, or John Need, or Quinta Krombel had been killed by one of the many gunshots fired Wednesday night, it would have been a crime and a tragedy of the worst order. If they will not do it for their own sake, those involved with illegal drugs should -- if they have even a shred of decency -- now see the harm they bring upon others. - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk