Leave it the US Gangster

Alphonse "Al" Capone

The history of the drive-by-shooting began in the hey-day of the 1920’s Alcohol Prohibition Gangster Era, with such infamous people for example as Al Capone; towards rival gangster outfit’s over control of the illegal alcohol industry and another crime usually associated with these type of criminal’s for the same reason’s or in some case’s people not wishing to deal with the gangster’s where bombing’s; such as store bombing’s because they did not wish to sell under-the-counter bootleg or problems within places known as "Speakeasies" which served illegal Alcohol to customer’s and some of the more luxurious, included nightclub style acts and was also known as the days of 'bathtub gin;" where a poor grade sometimes deadly form of consumer style alcohol was actually made in a bathtub.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre was used by Al Capone' to eliminated his enemies.

There were also, numerous premeditated murders such as the famous one of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, by order's of Al Capone.

A Speakeasy, the song, “Puttin’ on the Ritz” became very popular within these type of illegal establishment’s.

With the repeal of the Alcohol Prohibition Act, these types of crimes seemed to die down some what; until World War 2; when the US military started again to use drive-by-shooting as a military tactic, which is still used today by the US military in such places as Iraq and Afghanistan, towards civilians and similar target’s.

As to the Middle East, the method of the drive-by-shooting is foreign and has only been seen by the original influence of the US.

The next time drive-by-shooting’s came into vogue, was in the 1970’s, when street gang’s appeared on the scene in the US; with such thing’s as drug wars and fighting for neighborhood turf or what became known as “Turf Wars.” Such street gang’s known that originated in California in there earlier years, which the two gang’s known as the “Blood’s and Crip’s” used this type of criminal method in their gang wars, frequently.

So the drive-by-shooting idea and the origin of the drive-by-shooting, is from the United States.