James Dempsey worked on a motorcycle with his son in his garage
on Colfax Avenue in north Minneapolis. Dempsey became paralyzed
after a stray bullet hit him in the spine while he was in his
backyard.  Renee Jones Schneider, Star Tribune  Aug. 8, 2006: A
second time around the block    • Article by: STEVE BRANDT   •
Star Tribune   • January 12, 2012 - 8:52 AM  Although he's still
victimized by petty vandalism, James Dempsey sees some
improvements on the North Side block that's his corner of the
world.  That may seem like a strange view for someone who took a
bullet in the back from a drive-by shooting a couple of years
ago and has been in a wheelchair ever since.  But the shooting
happened elsewhere in north Minneapolis, not here on the 2600
block of Colfax Avenue N. that is Dempsey's home. Residents here
say that random gunfire and drug-dealing are down, despite the
fatal shooting of a pizza deliveryman three blocks away on
Sunday.  The Star Tribune last looked at this residential block
in 1996, a year after