Reply #3: Sounds like a gang war in action.

[TheWraith]

Gang violence, usually to control the drug trade, is the number one source of murder in the US. One more way in which the "war on drugs" creating a massive, incredibly profitable black market where anything goes is stupidest idea in a long line of stupid ideas. Case in point, after prohibition of alcohol was eliminated, you know what happened to the murder rate? It plummeted, despite all the predictions that we'd see the streets filled by alcohol-fueled carnage.