Credit: ALEX CITRIN

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ALEX CITRIN

The night Greg got shot, he was working the door at the Twilight Exit, a neighborhood bar and restaurant in the Central District. It was January 27, 2013, which was a Sunday karaoke night, and Greg was subbing for the regularly scheduled bouncer.

Greg was standing in the alleyway next to the bar’s main entrance when a man named James approached, pulled out a gun, and pointed it at Greg. James was angry with his girlfriend. She was seated in the lounge inside the building. “He kept screaming: ‘That bitch. I’m gonna kill that bitch. Get the fuck out of the way,'” said Greg. He and James had a brief verbal exchange. Suddenly, James lowered his gun, pointed it at Greg’s leg, and pulled the trigger.

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