BART and Hayward Police together

I had just entered through the fare gate into the station when suddenly a burst of gunshots coming from the direction of the bus stops rang out.
*POP*POP*POP*POP*POP* five, maybe six semi auto gunshots. Some people thought it was firecrackers, most knew it wasn't. Me and a young fellow jumped behind a concrete pillar that is just inside the pay area of the station.
People were on the floor, and a bunch of people came running into the loby area of the station from the bus stops. About 20 seconds after the shots more people came in and said someone waiting for a bus was hit. And then About 90 seconds after that somebody came down from the FREMONT platform and said that somebody was hit up there while waiting. I went up to the RICHMOND platform and watched the fellow that was shot on the platform laying out with a friend who was there for support. He was shot in the leg or thigh. They rolled him out as the ststion closed. Right below at the bus stops was another fellow that layed out after being shot. I was near by as they were rolling him into the ambulance, he was talking SHIT, really worked up. And I also observed a bus driver sitting on the bus steps as paramedics talked to him. At first it sounded like he said he wasn't shot, just shook up because his bus got tagged (1 or 2 windows shot out). As the medics got his shirt off and were checking him, it appeared that they found that he was shot, somewhere between his belt and shoulders. They rolled him off, he was calling someone on his cell as they rolled him away.
It took about 7 minutes before any paramedics actrually started assisting. The fire trucks and other saftey vehicles were stationed at the corner near the Greyhound kiosk for about 5 minutes, or longer before entering the actual BART grounds. Maybe because of saftey concerns and lack of a large police presence during the first 10 minutes or so.
Weird thin is that normally there are BART cops there during that time, normally parked right on the sidewalk near the enterance to the station. Not today though, weird how that shit happens.
Then the station was closed, and it was a freakin' mess. I shared a cab to Bayfair and bounced.
I will be filling out a comment card about the STATION AGENT. He hung in there, never left his area, and was on the phone IMMEDIATLY. Wasn't all paniky, as I've seen some. He performed proffesionally. Hayward Station is a tough one to work at, always very chaotic.
Good thing he was there or else there would have been a riot.
This whole episode just makes me really sad. How can anyone think that shooting up a BART station is an acceptable option. I mean, what in the hell are these guy's thinking?
Sometimes I just don't know.............
Jbap21

No wonder my bus came late and the driver didn't even stop just waved...

Kudos to the Hayward agent for a job well done. No gun, no mace, no stick, no cuffs, just a telephone. Good job.

It's ironic that BART police have been spending a fortune on police toys bought with homeland security funds but in the meantime, we have people getting shot up by local home grown thugged out terrorists. The chances are far greater that a BART passenger riding in the system will become a victim of violent "street" crime than a terrorist act committed for political reasons. BART police have all this equipment but no cops to respond to emergencies, and they have hardly any presence in stations or on trains.

Despite sincere efforts to clean up the area around Hayward Bart it remains an EXTREMELY dangerous part of town.
The new condos and remodeled shops on B street can only mask the slum that lies between the Hayward station and Bayfair--an unincorporated part of San Leandro that is policed only by CHP and ACS.

Time was Bayfair was worse but the refurbishment of the mall and some added security seems to have changed that somewhat. The net to the deal is these are bad parts of town and vigilance is required.

Bayfair Mall has replaced the Eastmont Mall as a favored hang out. After driving all the business out of Eastmont with the violence and theft, the thugs have moved into the BayFair Mall to do the same. It's only a matter of time.

Let's see: hop on BART at the Coliseum station using the elevator so they don't have to pay. Ride on down to Bayfair, exit using the elevator so they don't have to pay. Prowl around the mall, the parking lot and the theater looking for victims. Jump back on the train - without paying - and terrorize some of the passengers. Exit at Coliseum - without paying - and act as if you did nothing wrong.

I only shop at Bayfair in the morning, right after the stores open. No way I'm going to be anywhere near that Mall in the evenings when all the criminals are on the prowl.

We can blame BART to some extent, for providing the free transportation to and from the crime scene. That is not the responsibility of BART Police. It is the responsibility of BART Management who does not believe that fare evasion is a serious problem.

The overall blame belongs to the liberals in this f***ed up state who keep making excuses for the behavior of these social misfits. Revolving door criminal justice.

Are you implying that 95% of black males are innocent of any wrongdoing?

-M. Delgado

AH HA! Is Martha a bigoted racist?

Answer the question.

If you're referring to me, I'm not bigoted. I'm a minority myself.

-M. Delgado

Or Macy's with a super-huge ghetto section. Or those cheap jewlery stands where they can buy those retarded earings that are as big as door-knobs. Or a MetroPCS account paying center.

-M. Delgado

I don't know Delgado. Your comments sound pretty darned bigoted to me. Just because you are a minority, doesn't mean you aren't a bigot.

Such stereo-typical comments are prejudicial and bigoted.

I, for one, didn't intend them to be stereotypical or bigoted.

Scratch that. Stereotypical, possibly. Everyone stereotypes - if there was no truth behind it the stereotype never would've been started! Bigoted? Hardly.

-M. Delgado

Oh hell, just admit Bill Cosby is right and let it go at that. Delgado is no more a bigot than the young black males who perpetuate the stereotype by dressing in those ridiculous baggy pants, wearing their do-rags and sporting those faux gold medallions and chains. Cosby is right about the language that pours out of their foul mouths too.

If you watch BET then you know that all the kids don't dress this way. From what I've seen white, asian and hispanic teenagers are no better then the african teenagers. When out of their parents view they all act trashy. They curse call each other the n-word, smoke and act disrespectful. I witnessed this as a former Station Agent.

True, but where did they get this style from? Ah, from the white boys.

Really? I thought the baggy pants crap came the the black gangsta rappers.