Marty spots the chalk outlines of two victims of a drive-by shooting in 1985A.
Drive-by shooters terrorize the streets of Hill Valley in 1985A.
- "Marty stopped, half-way up to the house. / He heard a couple of sounds in the distance, explosions, really, like a car backfiring over and over again. It almost sounded like gunfire. / In Hill Valley? Get serious, McFly!"
- —From Back to the Future Part II by Craig Shaw Gardner (quote, page 99)
- " "Eat lead, Strickland!" the mangiest of the bunch announced. The entire punk-filled carload opened fire. Bullets strafed the porch. Strickland ducked for cover, as Marty vaulted over the railing. He was in the middle of a war! / Strickland came back up shooting. / "Eat buckshot, slackers!" / Marty ran like hell. He had to get out of here! / But where was he? / And where could he go? "
- —From Back to the Future Part II by Craig Shaw Gardner (quote, page 106)
Drive-by shooters were teenage gangs who drove around the streets of Hill Valley in 1985A, terrorizing and even killing some of the residents.
History[]
The chalk outlines of two victims of a previous drive-by shooting, cordoned off by yellow POLICE LINE - DO NOT CROSS tape, were spotted in Lyon Estates by Marty McFly.
A gang of drive-by shooters drove a Buick Skylark convertible, opening fire on the Strickland residence with Mossberg 500 and AK-47 guns. Before this, Marty picked up a newspaper on a front porch to check today's date. He was then confronted by Stanford S. Strickland, who accused him of stealing newspapers. Marty begged Mr. Strickland to put down the gun, causing Mr. Strickland surprise that he knew who he was.
Marty told Mr. Strickland his name, but Strickland claimed never to have seen Marty before in his life. Marty then tried to get the school principal to remember who he was, by saying he had been given detention at Hill Valley High School last week. Mr. Strickland said Marty was obviously lying, as he lost his job as school principal when the school burned down six years ago.
The gang then appeared and opened fire on the house. Strickland called them "slackers" and fired his own Mossberg 500 back in retaliation before proceeding to give chase. This allowed Marty the opportunity to flee.
Behind the scenes[]
- According to Bob Gale's commentary on Back to the Future Part II, the drive-by shooters were played by stunt performers, one of them being Ben Scott (the brother of Walter Scott and John-Clay Scott), who doubled for Thomas F. Wilson on Back to the Future III.