[CalamityJane425]

I didn't know what else to title this one. But my PTSD is flairing up quicker than a loose sleeve on a gas stove.
Out in the back exit of the apartment building where I live there is what I strongly suspect is an altar memorializing a dead gang member!
I say this because there are:

candles
red roses
red bandanas on each side tied to a post the other to a branch

I came upon this during the day by chance as I was going to the store. The altar ( I guess that's what you'd call it?) is located where the apt complex ends & another property ( a cluster of high rent townhomes) begins. It's in a sort of cubby hole type of space.
I'm freaking out because after I reported what I saw to the leasing office my property manager went to check it out for herself. She then asked one of the young people how come there was this altar.
The young man replied that someone he & his other friends knew had recently passed away in the area. And that was it! He said nothing more.
I suspect that there is more to that story than what the young man was letting on.
Based on various crime shows that I've watched which included "The First 48 crime show, when you go through the trouble of setting up: candles, laying bunches of red roses, and 2 bandanas it usually signifies that someone has been killed on or near the scene of the altar.
This frightens me. Not scare but frighten.
Gangs.
I won't even go out that door that leads to that vile altar.
I won't have my Mother drive down the street where the altar is located.
After about a week & a half the altar is still there & someone checks on it to see that it's still there!
I'm afraid if I go anywhere near it that I will definitely be shot!
Another red flag.
About a month or maybe two months ago, there was a group of young men hogging up the entire sidewalk drinking beer straight out of the 12 pack carton @ 4:30 in the afternoon. I saw these cretins from several feet away as I was coming home from the store so I crossed the street to avoid them.
One of them turns around to give me one of the most dirtiest stares I've ever had the misfortune to get. Intimidation is what it was.
Cause that's what gangs do.
They're the worst type of bullies!
I loathe them.
I think that I'd rather deal with cockroaches in my apartment than these vermin.
Post Script
Remember when I said that there were young men drinking beer on the sidewalk? Well guess were they were standing? Right in front of were the altar now stands. This was prior to that scary altar being assembled. For some reason this group has CLAIMED that spot. I have a good guess why. I don't believe in coincidences.

[Skeezyks]

Thanks for sharing this unfortunate experience. I recall "saying" to a former on-line friend on YouTube, whose video I had watched, that I hoped he was safe. His reply was: "Nowhere is safe." Sadly, I'm afraid he was right.