Shane,

Please keep posting your thoughts here. I promise it will help you. I witnessed a random shooting when I was in junior high school and I'd say it took about a month before I could feel normal again. That happened almost ten years ago but I still remember it like it happened this morning and sometimes it brings tears to my eyes just to think about it. You're probably going to think about today's events every day for the rest of your life. No one should have to see what you saw. I can't even imagine what it would be like to grow up in a neighborhood where shootings are commonplace.

If there's anything positive we can say to you right now, I think it's that you seem like a very mature person, and I expect that you'll deal with this in as healthy a way as is possible under the circumstances. I wish I could say it will be easy for you, though, because it won't be.

Hang in there pal.

Mike