...from the comfort of my bedroom window.
Got a little excitement in my neighborhood Sunday night. Some nutcase decided to rob his next-door nieghbor at knife-point, and retreat to his apartment after the robbery.
So from around 7PM until the wee hours of the morning, the police had the complex cordoned off while the SWAT team tried to coax the guy out. The apartment this guy had holed up in is literally right accross the street, less than a football field away. I could hear when the police started firing tear gas into the apartment, it was so close.
Needless to say, it is kind-of surreal to see your apartment building on the news being covered live.
They did finally get the guy alive in the early morning hours. They arrested the dufus in his own bathtub, with a damp towel wrapped around his head.
BONUS FUN: The onsite TV newscaster had to cut away when the wind shifted and he got a facefull of teargas. It didn't look like he enjoyed it.
BONUS STUPID: My nieghbors decided all this was great fun, and sat out in their lawnchairs to watch. You know, within the line of fire if nutcase had decided to start shooting? I decided to stay inside, as I hadn't washed my "Innocent Victim" shirt yet.
Got a little excitement in my neighborhood Sunday night. Some nutcase decided to rob his next-door nieghbor at knife-point, and retreat to his apartment after the robbery.
So from around 7PM until the wee hours of the morning, the police had the complex cordoned off while the SWAT team tried to coax the guy out. The apartment this guy had holed up in is literally right accross the street, less than a football field away. I could hear when the police started firing tear gas into the apartment, it was so close.
Needless to say, it is kind-of surreal to see your apartment building on the news being covered live.
They did finally get the guy alive in the early morning hours. They arrested the dufus in his own bathtub, with a damp towel wrapped around his head.
BONUS FUN: The onsite TV newscaster had to cut away when the wind shifted and he got a facefull of teargas. It didn't look like he enjoyed it.
BONUS STUPID: My nieghbors decided all this was great fun, and sat out in their lawnchairs to watch. You know, within the line of fire if nutcase had decided to start shooting? I decided to stay inside, as I hadn't washed my "Innocent Victim" shirt yet.
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