December 1, 2014 - On St. Louis

Man Killed in Hammer Attack Near This Editor's Former Pad - Not the First Area Street Murder

The unfortunate man killed at Gravois and Itaska, St. Louis, Mo. by the hammer attackers was not the first to be murdered there, near my former temporary home which was a little farther southwest of that Itaska murder. I had looked for work in pre- Obama St. Louis but didn't find a position available that I thought I could fill. Not long before I moved from St. Louis a fellow was shot to death at a Bank of America drive through there on Gravois even closer to my former apartment. They, reportedly, shot him right in his car with his family. On another occasion a disabled or mentally challenged guy was accosted in a robbery at an ATM farther south on Gravois toward Hampton where he ran toward the supermarket and Walgreen's intersection and collapsed and died in a puddle of his blood after being stabbed repeatedly. I think he fell there at or near the bus transportation center at Hampton and Gravois where I had gone through so many times.

Somehow I found all the people I met in pre- Obama St. Louis pretty friendly and seemed to get on okay riding buses and going about, but I mused at the coincidental items I bought at a nearby estate sale just before I left. In addition to some nice cleaned clothing items I matter-of-factly picked up and bought a packet of roadmaps which the deceased couple had used on their last trip south from there. When I rented the car to leave and pulled out those maps it was as if that late elderly couple or someone was bidding me to go ahead and go - "go this way on the maps" - which I followed - and I left.

Life is an adventure. Ever get the feeling that you are sometimes living by a thread?

Infoeditor

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: Ongoing Ferguson Fallout.

: He was protecting his young wife.

: Begic and his wife Arijana were reportedly married just six
: months ago

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: St. Louis police are searching for two juveniles who
: reportedly fled the scene of an overnight homicide where
: they and two others attacked a motorist with hammers,
: KTVI-TV reported.

: Wife Of Zemir Begic, Man Killed In Hammer Attack: 'He Gave His
: Life Up For Me'"The last thing he did before he
: actually died was pull me out of the way and put himself in
: front of me, basically giving up his life for me,"
: Mujkanovic told the station.

: Begic and Mujkanovic were in their car when the group of teens
: allegedly advanced on them and began to damage the vehicle.

: The victim, identified as Zemir Begic, 32, was in his vehicle
: around 1:15 a.m. Sunday in south St. Louis when several
: juveniles approached on foot and began striking his car and
: breaking windows with hammers, KTVI said.

: After Begic exited his car, the four suspects yelled at him
: and hit him with the hammers, the station reported, adding
: that he was struck on the head, face, mouth and abdomen. He
: died at a hospital of his injuries, KTVI said.

: The juveniles fled the scene, but two were caught and taken
: into juvenile custody, the station said; no physical
: description of the two teens in custody was reported.
: Police are still searching for two others, a 16-year-old
: black male and a 15-year-old Hispanic, KTVI added.

: In the wake of Begic’s death, a demonstration was held in his
: neighborhood