by Bob Walsh
There was a tragic double homicide in Stockton early Sunday morning. Two boys, 14 and 15, were shot down for no obvious reason as they rode their bicycles around their neighborhood. NIcholas Sihalath, 14, and Advan Vang, 15, were the victims. Vang was in town from Sacramento to attend a funeral.
I grant you it was not a school night and, for what passes as winter here, it was a decent if cold evening. Also I have never had children and have never raised stepchildren, nieces or nephews, etc. I am bothered by the fact that kids that young were out just handing out slightly past midnight. They apparently were not up to anything, and maybe the kids were just unwinding a bit. One of them had just been to a funeral after all. They were apparently good kids and good students. The cops have no obvious motive and no known suspects.
So, am I wrong here? Should I be bothered merely by the fact that two fairly young kids were out past midnight on a non-school night. Perhaps I am an old fuddy-duddy and this is just how things work now. You tell me.
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