Patton closed in February of 2021

Gotta love the smell of piss in the morning!

Ok. Kinda done defending this. Colin Loderhose was shot and killed by 20yr old Zachary Cano on July 5th 2022 at Anchor Tactical Supplies. Zachary had known gang affiliations in Springfield. He went to Parkview High School. You will not find this in any of the articles because overall, the SPD does not want to admit this city has a gang problem. Yet there are multiple detectives assigned to investigations pertaining to that same issue. Spoke with one of those detectives today, they've recently arrested a few of these individuals and removed 7 guns from their possession. Unfortunately, he also told me there's another gang starting up but...Y'all believe whatever the fuck you want. I can understand where you'd be skeptical of me but it's getting tiring lol. Best of luck out there.

Nothing wrong with questioning things! I would have never thought it was a problem myself if I hadn't been presented with this information by the detective. Not only that, I have a child the same age that went to school with some of the alleged perpetrators. Confirmed they were bad news, one of these "gang leaders" was expelled for bringing a firearm to school. I honestly didn't want to believe it either, but I got first hand accounts of the investigations and crime scenes. It's nuts. Trust me, I asked why in the world we don't hear about this on the news, whey there aren't more articles about it, if they knew their names why the hell they weren't just going and arresting them, etc, etc. Mostly it seems it's because... they just can't catch the little bastards with enough evidence to prosecute.

Not trying to shove this down your throat, just showing you I'm not pulling this out of my ass lol: https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2006/02/19/do-we-have-a-gang-problem-police-admit-springfield-is/77200926/

That's from 3 years ago and the big ol' "Yet" disclaimer they have in there is toast. They're out there blastin' now. I ain't sayin' not to go out and have a good time. But keep your head on a swivel. :)

edit: LOL whoops! Typin' too fast! I meant to say 13 years but even that's wrong cuz I ain't too good at math! 16, 16 years ago haha. That's my point though, we had a problem that long ago, it's worse now.

Shit I live near Sunshine and heard two gunshots a couple nights ago lol. It's really unfortunate to hear things are headed in this direction. I couldn't believe everything they were telling me. And like... They know who these kids are they just can't get enough evidence on the top guys because they are already operating Ina damn boss/minions type of hierarchy. Lord of the flies type shit out here now I guess. Great parenting, Springfield!

I know, I'm just an internet person lol, but I'm unfortunately not making this up. There are active investigations into gangs and their dealings, including shootings downtown. Family member is a detective in SPD. Shit is real.

Just wanna drop this off here - the northern portion of downtown is becoming a hotspot for, and I'd never thought I'd say this about SGF MO but, gang activity. I've got a couple of connections in the SPD and have been told on a personal level to stay away from downtown in general, after 10PM.

Yes, it's just young kids, mainly high-school age but they're strapped and they're shooting. Blindly around corners, carrying out drive-by's,etc. It's fucking crazy, sucks we've gotten to this point. I still enjoy downtown but have taken the advice and clear out as it gets later.

I used to troll these guys back in the day before smartphones were really a thing and the cameras in phones looked like you recorded it on potato. Was a preety good time getting them worked up and then just walking off laughing.

Umi, same strip mall but around the corner from Buffalo Wild Wings on Battlefield.

It's hilarious to me that people are against this development. I lived behind the park about 12-13 years ago and.... nothing that's there now on Lone Pine even existed then. So the people living in that area now are against development? They "like it just the way it is". Ok. It looks absolutely nothing like it did less than 15 years ago. Has anyone pulled this up on Google maps and looked at the area they're looking to develop? It's tiny. There's what appears to be an old, abandoned building and the tiny shop next to it that's been everything under the sun but no lasting business. "OUR TREEEEES!" Walk across the road to the damn park. Plenty of trees. Galloway is not even close to what it used to be, quit fighting it. You're in part of a city that people want to move to because it got DEVELOPED.