You don't want to believe your own lying eyes, so you're grasping at straws.

There are neighborhoods in the area that are as dangerous as war zones, and people get killed there on a whim or for a dare.

I have suffered this sort of shit doing down, every damn month, a couple of streets over, when I lived near DC. And then the DC sniper started taking pot-shots at people, from his car, for the lulz.

This is not anything usual. People are just used to it.