The sounds of shots fired have become a familiar sound for many Sulphur Springs residents.
“I don't go outside at all," said Sulphur Springs resident, Adele Alberta.
Adelle Alberta said the constant violence in her front yard has made her and her husband prisoners in their own home.
“I don't open the windows seven days I’ll leave them close,” she said.
Vincent Hatchet lives next door and he said things change around here once the night rolls in.
"I’m afraid at night," said Hatchet.
He has every reason to be after a 17-year-old boy was shot at the house just across the street from him.
Last month, as well on East Sitka Street, 14-year-old Richard Newton was shot and killed during a party.
A city march was held last week in hopes of curbing what seems to be a rise in gun violence in Sulphur Springs.
But for Alberta and Hatchet, it’s no longer worth the risk of seeing it drop some day. They’ve seen enough.
"I’m planning on moving out soon as possible," said Alberta.
"I might move, I don't know I’ve been here 10 years, this is my home," Hatchet said.