Drive-by shooting

The protection, anonymity, sense of power, and ease of escape provided by the getaway vehicle lead some perpetrators to feel safe expressing their hostility toward others.

[2] The invention of the drive-by shooting is attributed to Nestor Makhno,[3][4][5][6][7][8] commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine at the beginning of the 20th century.

Besides gang-related attacks, drive-by shootings may result from road rage or personal disputes between neighbors, acquaintances, or strangers unrelated to gang membership.

[10] Motorcycle ride-by killings were a common form of murder used by drug lord Griselda Blanco during her years controlling the Miami cocaine trade routes in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

[15][16] Chicago Prohibition-era gangster and North Side Gang boss Bugs Moran was considered a "pioneer" of the drive-by shooting, with the Tommy gun being the weapon of choice.

On 5 August 1993, Merlino survived a drive-by shooting assassination attempt by two Stanfa gunmen, taking four bullets in the leg and buttocks, while his friend and associate Michael Ciancaglini was shot in the chest and killed.

[18] Numerous hip hop artists have been targeted in drive-bys;[19] prominent rappers who were killed in such incidents include Tupac Shakur,[20] The Notorious B.I.G.,[21] Big L, and Mac Dre.

Drive-by shootings, on the other hand, are common, especially in professional criminal contexts, as the statistical incidence says that almost all assaults with firearms are carried out from cars, motorcycles, or scooters.

[27] In the first decade of the 21st century, drive-by shootings were also used for assassinations by militants in Iraq,[28] including that of Waldemar Milewicz[29] and Hatem Kamil,[30] and in Syria.