A really good guy we knew was killed in a road rage incident this weekend.
His name was Yancy Noll, and apparently a guy in a BMW convertible just pulled up alongside him and shot him several times, for no apparent reason. Yancy wasn't a good friend but he was a well known wine steward in a QFC in my very active city neighborhood and we, and many others, knew him as a good and helpful man. My son is in the industry so knew him through work and local wine events. Everyone is just in shock.
The number of utterly pointless killings, even in generally nonchalant Seattle, is disturbing these days. It seems to be a sign of the times, and breaks my heart. Honestly, when I was the age of my sons, I only knew of one person who died a senseless death. What with those damnes wars and the psychological problems they've brought, and the dangers that seem rampant, I pray they managed to age without becoming bitter or hopeless.
We need to work for a better world.
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Everyone must die, but to go that particularly insane way is just so senseless, so useless. I'm sorry, my words are not adequate to this task.
I sure agree, though: We need to work for a better world.
to you nolabear
and
to the loved ones and friends and all who knew this poor man.
our world is getting so scary. I am so sorry.
I am not far from Seattle, and was heartbroken by that story. For some reason his name was so familiar to me. I have a feeling it was a friend of a friend, from someone I know at QFC.
I'm leaving the Puget Sound area. It's grown so violent in the 9 years since I moved here, regardless of the crime stats. Doesn't feel safe anymore.. to much gun violence. 
