| Standoff |
[Oct. 16th, 2008|02:04 am] |
I have never been in a building while there was a police standoff going on a few floors above me. It made for quite an interesting evening.
I showed up for work a bit before 5:30 (as is my schedule on Wednesdays, for now). Some of Main street was blocked off by flares and police cars so I maneuvered my way around to the parking lot on Main. Parked my car and as I was walking across the street I saw an ambulance down towards the post office. I was slightly concerned by didn't want to stair and get in the way so I just continued on my way to work.
Shortly after that things began to escalate and the road barriers were expanding in size and reached the point that no one could get in the building - (there was to be a rehearsal). Still unsure as to what was going on I just continued to go on about my day until from an inner office I saw a SWAT team come through the main office.
That was something I had never seen before. In movies sure but not in the flesh. And shortly after they had made there way up the stairs another group of SWAT came through and followed likewise. And boy was my curiosity peaked.
Sometime later (close to seven) we received both a phone call and saw a very short news story informing us of a few facts about what was going on - there was a man (rumored to be naked) with a high-powered rifle, willing to shoot.
This news did not worry me, there were numerous police, and the guy was above us so line of site was not an issue like it was for the cafe and art gallery next door that the police evacuated. In fact, after a while, I was amazed at how antsy I got to go home. We had no clue as to when this situation would end and at times I was slightly worried they might forget we were down there. But about 8pm an officer came and told us to gather whatever we would need for the next few hours because we were leaving.
It was interesting to be escorted out of the building with so many police present. They were all really nice about it and watched and waited for us to get our belongings and turn everything off. Once outside I saw some of the tenants from the building waiting to return to their homes. Unfortunately I was not one of the lucky ones to be able to go home due to the fact that I had parked my car on Main street, right in the gun-man's line of site...opps. So I called McEntire, who was a doll and came and picked me up.
In the news it said that the standoff ended just before 10pm. Odd experience :)
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa081015_wz_rifleman.1178d5e1e.html |
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