Michael Stonehocker spends a lot of time downtown. The 28-year-old works at a restaurant on the South Slope and, when he’s off the clock, he sometimes likes to hit the bar scene as a way to “cut loose” and meet new people.
On July 15, Stonehocker was having what he thought was a regular night at Shakey’s, a downtown dive bar. Then, around 2 a.m., he heard gunshots.
“I remember I was outside on the balcony,” he said. “I heard a pop and it was just like one pop. I’m like, that could be anything, you know. Then it was like a couple minutes later it was like four pops. And I’m like, ‘That’s unmistakable.’”…