“You might want to leave now,” she says. The first shooter cringes from her. Another man who was in the car with him grabs for his shoulders as if to pull him back. They both look utterly terrified of a middle-aged Black woman in a pantsuit. “Some of these folks you hurt are gonna want payback. I’d advise you to stick together ’til you get out of the neighborhood. If you stay in a group, they probably won’t jump you. Probably.”
