Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN)The neighborhood around the Village at College Downs is inside the city of Charlotte, but it feels completely suburban.
College students from UNC Charlotte a few blocks away walk along tree-lined streets. There"s a mix of apartment complexes, some modest homes, big churches and big box stores in strip malls.
But in the middle of this quiet setting, a makeshift memorial is beginning to grow. Tuesday, inside this townhome community, 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was shot dead by police.
And now the residents at The Village of College Downs are trying to coming to terms with having the world"s attention at their doorstep. This didn"t happen in another city. This happened here, in the place the residents say they"ve always felt was safe and peaceful.
Maintaining the memorial
"It"s very scary that it hit so close to home," said Fostoria Robinson, who heard the gunshots from inside her townhome. "I ran out to see what was going on."
But the sight was too much for her and she went back into her house. "I was through."
"We all have to stick together," Haskins said. "We don"t have community day, we don"t have cookouts or anything to even learn one another. So now we have to learn one another, because we never know now if this is going to happen to one of us again."
But the reason for the recent bonding troubles Robinson.
"It actually took a tragedy for neighbors to come out and start speaking to each other and to start sharing with each other," she said. "Why did it have to take a tragedy?"
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