I was going with a small group of people to a house I've never been to before in a dismal-looking neighborhood. It was a depressing place, and we were there to help a family evict a man with mental issues. All of these people were strangers to me, but I seemed to be working as an observer with the group I came with. The man we were evicting was oppressing and being abusive towards the others in the house, and I felt a deep sense of relief that I didn't have to live there and deal with him.

A little later in the dream, I was waiting in the living room of the house (which was small and somewhat empty) looking out a large window onto the neighborhood. There were lots of people outside engaged in regular neighborhood activities. Just outside the window, on the sidewalk, a very formal-looking couple in their 30's walks up. They are dressed nicely, wearing dark clothing, and walking side by side. At the moment they appear, directly coming towards them, a younger man who seems to be a criminal faces them and both sides stare at each other. Suddenly, both of the men pull out guns and shoot each other at the same time. I duck out of the way behind the kitchen counter. Only one shot from each is fired. When it seems to be quiet again, I carefully move towards the window. I see the younger man running off and the couple lying flat on the ground. My first thought is to call for an ambulance, but there are still so many people outside that I figure someone else must have called for one already. However, I think about it and decide it wouldn't hurt to call anyway. The 911 operator is not helpful, I have trouble explaining myself and get the feeling that he doesn't believe me. He sounds kind of sarcastic and I hang up. Still, I'm not worried because I think that so many others would have called for help anyway. I wait around inside until I realize that an hour has passed and no ambulance has come. At this point, I notice that everyone inside the house is gone and so are all the people who were outside. I immediately call 911 again. I explain what's happened and they say they'll send an ambulance right away. I try to give them the address but I don't know it; I start reading from a scrap of paper I found in the house, but it's coming out wrong - the address keeps changing on the paper and I'm not seeing or saying it right. It's extremely frustrating. I hang up in despair and go outside. The couple has been lying there immobile. As I come towards them, the man suddenly gets up - he has not been shot. I notice he has blood on his hands and a very sour, dim, mechanical expression on his face, as though he is not even human. He stumbles off down the road. I say "hey!" to him, but he just moves off robotically. The woman is lying there in a pool of blood, dying. She has an agonized expression on her face and she is bleeding profusely from the gunshot wound in her stomach. I see this and realize that an ambulance will not come and nobody, not the neighbors nor the woman's husband, cares.

Thanks very much for any help in understanding this!~

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Cat,
It will likely be Friday morning before I will be able to give full attention to your dream. But let me provide some food for thought.

The dismal-looking neighborhood in your dream, could that represent a part of your life, the neighborhood being your life?

The man being evicted would be about masculine aspects in your life that have been evicted. Such masculine qualities, if absent, would cause an imbalance in abilities to control your life. It could also point to an actual male person who has been or needs to be 'evicted' from your unconscious. Is there a man in your 'neighborhood' that could be the cause of any depression in your life? You no longer live with this person but the past experiences still live within you.

Does any of the above apply to you?
Jerry