Bad neighbors
Friday, June 4, 2004
Some of the people who live in the 300 and 400 blocks of South Hanover Street in Cape Girardeau are afraid to go out at night. They are wary of groups of young people who hang out on the sidewalk and in the yards. They complain about pit-bull fighting, drug sales and loud music. On May 15, a Saturday night, two men were shot while sitting in their car at Hanover and Jefferson streets. Such violence isn't common, but it does have residents on edge.
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