I was formatting a blog post about the benefits of Tourmaline hairdryers (long story) when a siren made me look out the window. Bradenton is filled with old people and there are sirens all the time from emergency vehicles and ambulances. This one sounded close, and I kept peeking out to see what type of car it would be.
An ordinary gray car drove past and turned in on the road across from ours. Two police cars with blinking lights followed. Then, two more, and two more, and two more. I stopped counting at fifteen.
That never happened before. The most exciting thing along our street is normally the neighbor's dog getting out of the yard and going walkabout.
When officers bounced out of the cars with drawn guns and police dogs I finally closed my gaping mouth. They have big guns! There were at least fifteen police cars between our house and the potential threat, but it still seemed prudent to lock the doors and tell the dogs to go lie down.
The neighbors ventured outside - one guy came right out of the shower with a towel around his waist. I thought, "No way, indoors might not be safe if there's a shoot-out, but it's sure safer than outside."
Since hubs got sick he's almost always home, but not today, so I called him and reported all the excitement. By the time I thought to pull out my camera about ten of the police cars had already left.
Police officers saw the suspects' car five blocks from my house and chased it here where they could trap it. Right outside my window.
I do hope these men had a previous relation so bad guys aren't just kidnapping random people at Walmart!
Not much getting done around here today - I keep peeking out the window, expecting more stuff to happen.
Probably drug related.
ReplyDeleteProbably. I'm thinking a deal gone wrong, someone didn't get paid, or something like that. Still freaky.
DeleteMakes for good writing...experience is easier to draw from. :D
DeleteDon't think it was a drug deal, just drunken idiots. They were arrested in front of their own house, drove off this morning after drunkenly fighting all night. There were four of them who left, so it's likely they got in another fight with each other at Wal-Mart and that's who the fourth guy was.
ReplyDeleteThat's the last time I hear neighbors being drunken fighting idiots for hours in the middle of the night and don't call the cops on them.
Oh yeah? I thought this was a weird area to run to after doing something bad. I'm so far away from that house - in the corner on the other side of 11th Ave - so I never hear anything. Yes, definitely call the cops on them next time!
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