Escaped convict
This afternoon as I was working in my home office, I heard helicopters flying overhead. I didn't think anything of it until it went on for 10, 15, 20 minutes. So I went online to a local TV news website and could not believe what I saw - Accused Cop Shooter Escapes from Jail. Mind you, this is the jail that is about a mile from our house. So I turned on the TV to find out that my neighborhood was in lockdown. Police were not letting anyone in or out. I hunkered down, checked the locks, closed the blinds (per my husband's advice) and tried to get on with my day. But it was all a little unnerving. The scariest thing was when I saw a cop car pull up and the girl who lives next door got out with a policeman, who escorted her to her door. She walks home from school so my thought is that the police would not let her through and drove her home instead. Moments after I heard that swat teams were searching every home and garage, they announced they had captured him. He was hiding in a garage about a mile from here. Crazy stuff.
posted by Alyssa at 8:25 PM
4 Comments:
Alyssa I am glad it wasn't YOUR garage. This sounds very much like our neighborhood. About 2 weeks ago Mike and I woke up to screaming right next to our bedroom window. The cops were chasing someone through our yard. There were cruisers, the helicopter, the K9 unit, some lady cop with her gun out in our front yard. Very exciting. -Alice
Whoa! Did all this happen while Chad was still gone? Not something fun to go through by yourself. Glad they caught him.
Chad was at work and I called him to tell him not to try to come home from work b/c they weren't letting anyone in. Actually, I called him several times. My reporter adrenaline was kicking in, I think.
Alyssa-
D'Nae now REALLY wants to meet the "lady from the hood!"
Rhea
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