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Posted by Chris Spags on May 29th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

Many cops got into the business of, um, coppery for the thrill of the action. So you could imagine their disappointment when the job isn’t as exciting as TV made it out to be.

From Friday though Thursday, 10 people were murdered. Most are unsolved. Most didn’t have any particular rhyme or reason: Man shot in an apparent robbery. Man shot to death in argument with two men. Man shot in possible drug house. Man shot in apartment complex parking lot. Man tries to intervene in a disturbance, gets beaten and shot in Dairy Queen parking lot.

The list goes on: Man fatally shot in suspected drug house. Two convicted felons found bound and shot in a car in suspected drug-related slaying. Man fatally shot in strip club parking lot. Man shot in apartment parking lot.

All were male. Six victims were black. Three were Latino. One was white.

“They’re random,” said Lt. Craig Miller, commander of the homicide unit. “We just don’t ever get those really cool CSI-type murders…. It’s just somebody goes to a dope house and gets murdered. It’s someone has been drinking, gets in a fight and gets murdered.”

[via, thanks Marciella for the tip!]

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Chris Spags "Internet Heartthrob" Chris Spags is a former comic and the founding editor of Guyism.com. In addition to overseeing all Guyism content and business development, he covers Humor for the site daily. He was recognized on the street once and it was awesome.