On Sunday Nov. 11th an 18-year-old kid died in a shooting which occurred inside San Francisco’s Metreon right in front of the arcade area. The victim, Michael Price Jr. was from Oakland and was enrolled in Dewey Academy in Oakland.

The shooter was 15 years old.

It all began as an argument on the escalator. Apparently Michael Price wasn’t walking down the escalator as fast as the kid behind him wanted. So, this kid threatened to ‘put a cap’ in Michael’s ass. Michael sticks his dukes up and then starts walking away. As soon as he did, this 15-year-old pulled out a gun and fires it three times and kills Price.

This idea of killing someone for just standing on the escalator really scares me. Personally, I like to stand on the escalator because I get lazy. If I get off of work or if I’m coming from school I’m tired, who isn’t? Sometimes when I am coming home from the gym I’ll just sit on the escalator, which is actually really comfortable. I think next time I go to the Metreon I’ll hit the stairs if its not too crowded.

It really surprised me when I read that this kid who had the gun was only 15-years-old. What is this world coming to? How many places would you need to go where you would have to bring a gun? I understand having a knife to scare people, but a gun? Come on now. A gun has only one purpose, and one purpose only and that is to kill. What kind of problems would a 15-year-old have in order to carry around a firearm?

I go to the Metreon every once in a while when my friends because I don’t have enough money to afford BART to go to Daly City’s Century theatres. I don’t usually hang out at the Metreon though. But I do know many people who go there to hang out. I do have to say that next time I decide to go to the movies I’ll have to go to my piggy bank to shake out some extra money for BART because I don’t want to have to worry about getting shot when watching the new J-Lo movie.
—Chris Vargas