July 27, 2011

• Sinister Six

  There are more details surrounding Shea's death that I would like to share...

  http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/126214618.html

  According to second-degree murder and first-degree burglary charges filed in Hennepin County District Court, Robert Emmanuel Shelby, 27, of St. Paul and Semaj Williams, 21, of Brooklyn Park, broke in Shea Stremcha's home on July 20. Stremcha, 25, who was home with his fiancée, confronted the intruders with a knife and was shot in the heart.

  Police were called at 3:10 a.m. to Stremcha's home in the 2900 block of 45th Avenue S., where they found him shot in the chest and not breathing. Blood was pooled around his body, and a large knife was near his left hand.

  Police noted an open side door with a shattered window.

  Stremcha's fiancée told police that they were asleep in the bedroom when she was awakened by breaking glass. She woke Stremcha, who grabbed the knife from a table next to the bed and went to investigate. She told police that she heard a loud gunshot and a yell from Stremcha. She saw him fall to the floor in a hall and ran to him. She applied pressure to the wound and called 911.

  Police noted that a motion sensor on a corner of the house's detached garage had been set off. They found blood drops leading from the side door steps to the alley behind the house. A police dog unit tracked the blood trail to E. 29th Street before stopping near a curb on Dorman Avenue S.

  Shelby was arrested July 20 on an unrelated felony warrant and had a bandage on his left hand, the charges said. He received stitches for a deep cut to his left index finger. Authorities learned Tuesday that the blood matched Shelby, the complaint said.

  Williams was arrested July 21. When police questioned him, he admitted to being in the area of the shooting that night but could not explain why his fingerprint was inside the house, the complaint said.

  *****

  I have been rather stressed out for the past week...

  Shea died exactly one week ago... I felt a lot of stress and emotion regarding the police catching his murderers and some emotions were intertwined with the memories of losing Zachary and how those were somehow relating only to well to his fiancee Ashley on some too intimate of a level.

  I then had to deal with Tina.. My evil counterpart at work. I asked her on Friday if she would work for me so I could attend Shea's wake. She refused to answer me for two days. On the second day, I asked her again. She then responded that she had prior arrangements and she'd get back to me that evening. She didn't respond until Monday morning... The day before the wake. She said she'd let me know still and that she was trying to rearrange her schedule and she'd let me know that evening. I told her I'd ask Isaac to see if he could work.. I found out about 20 mins later that he couldn't since he was already working... And I informed her of that.

  She didn't get back to me that night like she said. It was now officially Monday evening... And I had to work. I struggled thinking what I should do... I couldn't call in since my attendance was already in the tank... I wouldn't get off work until 7am. I had class from 11-2pm... And I had an exam at school that afternoon and couldn't miss because I'd get docked 15%... And then I'd have to drive 1 hour to and another 1 hour back from the wake... When would I sleep? And then I had to work again that night... It was a mess. I finally emailed my teacher asking if I could make up the exam... And looked like complete idiot emailing them at 2am the day of the wake...

  Then it was a waiting game... to hear back from my teacher... 

  Jain came in at 0430 and saw that I was rather upset and asked me what was wrong.. I explained the Tina situation... She had a pained expression on her face and told me that on Friday she talked to Tina and she said that she wasn't going to work for me... Why then wait 3 days to tell me no?... I do not understand it at all. To play a game on something so tragic eats at me... To know someone that I work with can be such a vile soulless person pains me... It reeks of almost sadistic behavior because I had to beg her to work for me for my mother's surgery... For my school schedule and least of all... Shea's wake... She enjoys listening to me plead to her... 

  *****

  U2 played this weekend at the University of Minnesota TCF stadium. J. E. was a friend of Shea's and attended the concert. He said, "All I can think of is middle school your leather vest, and I recall the first nipple ring I ever saw. [it was fake mind you]" I remember that leather vest and his Indie style.. He wore it well into high school. He reminded me of a much younger version of Bono in fact... J. E.'s comment made me smile. 

  I suppose it would be appropriate to share a U2 video... So here's the most upbeat song that Shea would pick:

  

  Shea's ink drawing of Bono

  *****

  The Sinister Six was a group of six people created by Shea. It was him plus his closest five friends. When separate, they were the sweetest people... But when put together, they were the most sinister villains in the world. [not really]

  

  Shea's art of the sinister six from left: Joe, Shea, Alex, Blake, John, Zach

  Zach: "Is the Sinister Six similar to groups like the Fantastic Four and the Super Friends or would the Sinister Six be more like some type of comic book villains? Let me know."

  Joe: "It's kind of a combination, like fantastic super villains with no powers"

  John: "What is Zach's extreme then?"

  Zach: "Standing with my arms crossed...extreme is relative."
  

  Zach: "Well John looks like Wolverine. In real life I mean."

  Shea: " Yeah, it captures all of us at our extreme. Joe playing baseball while being drunk, me with a giant wrench, Alex with more broken bones, Blake being short, John being wolverine and Zach with extreme arm crossing."

  

  Shea on the left, his best friend Alex on the right.

  RIP Shea. <3

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