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We moved into our current building a few months ago. The first month we were here, our security gate was broken and left open all month, despite various complaints from us and other tenants. During that month, our building management rented one of the lofts out for a private party while the gate was left open. The party attracted a rival gang and there was a drive by shooting that injured 3 people and killed one. We were in our loft during this incident, unaware who was at that party because we had no notice of it. We are now witnesses to the murder and don't feel safe living in this complex. We have tried reasoning with the management but they don't want to let us out of the lease. We are leaving anyway and want to take them court to get our deposit back. Is this a good enough reason to break the lease? EDIT - other tenants have moved out because of this incident. We are teaming up with two other tenants (there are 6 of us total) and are willing to take them to court if our credit is jeopardized. We all have high scores and don't want a negligent and greedy landlord to screw us over. And we do feel it was their fault the shooting happened. They allowed the party to happen without security or screening (there were guns inside the party.) Not only that, we were not told there would be a party so we could stay away that night. We came home 20 minutes before the shooting and could have been driving down the street as it happened. They are lucky all we want is our deposit.