In Jr. high this skater who was a few years older than me and my skater friends (we'd skate together now and then and he'd teach us tricks) started dealing coke.
Deal went bad once at a trailer park and this guy shot him in the head and killed him, with a fucking shotgun. I believe it was to the back of the head too. Cowardly, sad shit.
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Also, the same year, some highschool kid was racing his motorcycle on the bypass at night, lost control and flipped over the median landing on the other side of the highway. He was ok, until a car that didnt see him until it was too late ran over his head.
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This one kid, who I didnt know very well (noone seemed to know him well) died our sophomore year of highschool. He apparently got beaten to death/tortured by his step dad...it was real fucked up. Was a scandal, the step dad lied and said bullies did it at first, until authorities figured out it was the stepdad.
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After graduation of highschool (few weeks later) one of my good friends who was on the school paper with me (i drew) was on a roadtrip to New York with 4 friends, including another buddy of ours from the paper.
Reached for his wallet approaching a toll road and they lost control of the car, killing him and another guy. Our mutual friend from the paper survived and I saw him at a few college parties but then just kind of lost touch. It was weird.
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Last year my best friend since 2nd grade was thrown in jail. He had gotten into heroin over the past few years. Apparently a year or two ago him and this girl he just met were doing heroin together and she od'd. He was super high, and kind of stupid, and tried to inject her with coke instead of calling the ambulance. She got worse, he called the ambulance but it was too late and she died. After a long trial, and coming clean and being off heroin for almost 2 years...he was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Parole in 10. Really shitty situation, but at least he wasnt still a junky when he went to prison.
I've only written him one letter.
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Apparently, one of the drug dealers he used to buy from shot a mexican drug dealer in the head in front of him once. Related story I guess.
Heroin and Atlanta are fucked up.
Those are all the death stories I can think of at the moment.
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