Local Violence??
I am not sure where this post falls categorically when trying to place it under one of the three usual topics for this message board. However, something peculiar happened to me or at least- I was aware of something peculiar happening near me. But, in the end, the whole sequence left me confused and hoping that soon some light will be shed and some conclusions will be presented that will allow me to put my questions about what occurred to rest…
So that all sounds entirely confusing, but you will understand in a second…
My day was going typically today. I woke up around eight in the morning and went to the Rec Center and completed my daily work out. After that, I went to my one o’clock philosophy class. At the conclusion of that class, I decided that it was about time that I took advantage of living in Florida. As such, I decided to go down by the pool in my ghetto apartment complex, relax with my headphones on and catch a suntan. Or, you know, something like that…
Either way, I am just laying there- relaxing; reading a book actually- when I heard three distinct gun shots. I am telling you right now that I have past experience that allows me to distinguish exactly what constitutes gun shots or not. I can even go so far as to approximate the distance of those gun shots to about 800 meters and then, I can also fairly accurately guess that they came from a southerly direction. All of this would put the gun shots somewhere south of the Fletcher and Bruce B. Downs intersection and, more exactly, I am going to say that they occurred southwest of that- approximately near the mall. (As a side note, I can get all nostalgic and pull on forgotten skills to approximate a guess that the rounds were fired by a hand gun and, probably, of a small caliber- we’ll say a .22 caliber or 9 mm pistol)
For unexplained reasons, my reaction to all of this was a total lack of reaction. I paused my music, set down my book, thought about the situation, and then proceeded to turn over, suntan my back and continue reading my book. Within minutes, I heard sirens screaming from the location described above. Not long later, I saw news helicopters flying over my apartment complex as well as the area in question.
Now, I am left scanning the news and the internet, wondering what just happened. I do live across from several hospitals and I do hear sirens throughout the day. The occurrence of sirens in this case could have been coincidental to the occurrence of gun shots. It is also plausible that the news helicopters were merely flying over as it was three in the afternoon and rush hour traffic was somewhat imminent. However, I am going to play conspiracy theorist here long enough to think something crazy happened and that, soon, I will get my answer via some breaking local news story.
I just thought I would tell you guys about that…
So that all sounds entirely confusing, but you will understand in a second…
My day was going typically today. I woke up around eight in the morning and went to the Rec Center and completed my daily work out. After that, I went to my one o’clock philosophy class. At the conclusion of that class, I decided that it was about time that I took advantage of living in Florida. As such, I decided to go down by the pool in my ghetto apartment complex, relax with my headphones on and catch a suntan. Or, you know, something like that…
Either way, I am just laying there- relaxing; reading a book actually- when I heard three distinct gun shots. I am telling you right now that I have past experience that allows me to distinguish exactly what constitutes gun shots or not. I can even go so far as to approximate the distance of those gun shots to about 800 meters and then, I can also fairly accurately guess that they came from a southerly direction. All of this would put the gun shots somewhere south of the Fletcher and Bruce B. Downs intersection and, more exactly, I am going to say that they occurred southwest of that- approximately near the mall. (As a side note, I can get all nostalgic and pull on forgotten skills to approximate a guess that the rounds were fired by a hand gun and, probably, of a small caliber- we’ll say a .22 caliber or 9 mm pistol)
For unexplained reasons, my reaction to all of this was a total lack of reaction. I paused my music, set down my book, thought about the situation, and then proceeded to turn over, suntan my back and continue reading my book. Within minutes, I heard sirens screaming from the location described above. Not long later, I saw news helicopters flying over my apartment complex as well as the area in question.
Now, I am left scanning the news and the internet, wondering what just happened. I do live across from several hospitals and I do hear sirens throughout the day. The occurrence of sirens in this case could have been coincidental to the occurrence of gun shots. It is also plausible that the news helicopters were merely flying over as it was three in the afternoon and rush hour traffic was somewhat imminent. However, I am going to play conspiracy theorist here long enough to think something crazy happened and that, soon, I will get my answer via some breaking local news story.
I just thought I would tell you guys about that…
posted by WhiskeyBoarder at 4:56 PM
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