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Article 10869 of alt.music.techno:
From: kennylark@aol.com
Newsgroups: alt.music.techno
Subject: people who cared about kenny larkin
Date: 25 Jan 1995 00:50:40 -0500
I would like to take the time to thank everyone who called and wrote me
letters wishing me a speedy recovery. It is very nice to know that even
though we are doing music in an extremely congested, competetive market,
that people put any and all differences aside when someone in the "techno
crew" gets hurt. One thing that did bother though was the different
untrue stories going around. I recently came back from Europe and I must
have heard at least 10 different versions as to how I was shot.
For my peers who really cares and would like to know, THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENED!!!!!!!
At around midnight on Nov 14, someone knocked on my door. My girlfriend
and I were in the bed at the time and were quite shocked that someone
would be over that late knocking on our door. I went to the door asking
who it was and the guy said "It's Charles from down the street", I did not
and do not know anyone by that name so I went back to my room to get a gun
I had ironically just purchased two weeks prior, after I loaded the gun
I went to the door and asked what he wanted and he again stated it was
Charles from down the street so I looked out the window and saw this
little guy standing inside my doorway, he looked pretty young and
innocent so I opened my door and as soon as I did I heard someone else
rushing up to my door, knowing something was about to happen, I stepped
back about ten feet in complete shock with my gun down by my side, as
soon as I stopped backing up a big fat guy came in my doorway and shot me,
after I felt the bullet go through me, I raised my gun up to shoot back
and they ran. That's it!!!!!!!! There were no words exchanged or anything.
I was taking to the hospital were they removed part of my large intestines
and my appendix, I was very lucky were the bullet entered and exited . It
could of been a lot worse. There were stories circulating that this
happened in Detroit when in fact it happened in the suburbs. There were
stories also circulating that it was a drug hit, people who know me know
that I've never tried any drugs(except for weed one time in the eighth
grade) and I don't drink. Select magazine wrote that I was shot because
someone had a personal vendetta against me, people who know me know I am
the easiest, sqauarest, down to earth brotha on the planet, I have no
enemies. Even though those guys were not caught, I know of only a few
possible reasons. Robbery or mistaken identity. In the house where I was
shot I built up a very nice 24 Track digital studio (Alesis Adats) with
all of the toys that totalled up to a very large sum of money. Someone
that knew me told someone else either in passing or on purpose that I had
this studio. This is why I bought the gun two weeks before the shooting,
with all my studio gear in the house I got nerveous and fearfull of
someone trying to rob me or , God forbid, break in while I was away in
Europe and do harm to my girlfriend who lives with me. It is very hard for me
to imagine that there are some people who will take your life over a f**cking
keyboard. I use to say to Carl Craig "Move away from Detroit out here
where it is safer and more pleasant", but now I can never say that to him
again. I moved now and have to make a conscious effort to deal with only
people I completely trust because you just don't know about people these
days. That gun I bought saved my life and it is sad to say that I feel
that I must have a gun in my house and studio to protect me and my family
I never wanted to live that way but now I have no choice. Be careful who
you deal with.
Kenny Larkin
Art of Dance Records
phone 810 5488051
fax 810548 6172
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