Just witnessed a shoot-out one block west of our house.

[beam me up scottie]

Well, it was kind of one sided, four white cops with shotguns firing away at the darkness before loosing a K9 on whomever they were after.
They took down one guy in the street after tasing him. We heard another guy screaming a minute later, we thought maybe the dog or a bullet found him but we never saw them take him in. One cop ran back and said they needed paramedics but none were ever summoned.

Lots of empty houses in this area, rent's cheap if anyone's interested. :)

[beam me up scottie]

1. Ok, now just heard loud explosion, neighbors are freaking, I'm grabbing my camera, brb...

[MagickMuffin]

5. I don't think you should go out, you could end up a causalty :(

I myself would be huddled safe inside :scared:

Be CAREFUL.

[beam me up scottie]

8. That's what bf said, standing on the porch in his fol's !

I should have got a picture of him peeking out from behind the bushes, his brothers would have paid good money for it! :rofl:

[Mojorabbit]

2. That is scary

I live near a bank that gets robbed it seems once every few months. Once I had the cops chase a guy across my back yard that had robbed it. I get nervous when the helicopters are hovering over my area at night. I would probably be a basket case if people were being shot at near my house.

[dysfunctional press]

3. your back yard robbed the bank...?

THAT must have been something to see.

[MidwestTransplant]

4. Actually the backyard robbed the guy

[Mojorabbit]

9. .

You want coherent sentences at 2am? :P

[beam me up scottie]

14. At this point, I'm more scared of the cops than the suspects, whatever they did.

I don't even have a damn dog.

[stray cat]

40. I think I would be afraid of anyone with a gun running from the cops

think hostage....

[Truth2Tell]

6. Lets keep this kicked... nt

[Skittles]

7. where the f*** is Scotty? Is he nuts?

he better come back :scared:

[beam me up scottie]

11. She's right here and nutty as a fruitcake!

I take pictures. Of everything. I can't stop myself.

[ManiacJoe]

56. So, post the pics already!!!!!

:evilgrin: :hide:

[beam me up scottie]

60. What do you like? I have some lovely snake porn (soft-core, should be work safe)

that I happened upon on a recent safari to the creek that runs through our back yard, lots of poisonous spiders, oh and a horrible three car accident that happened two blocks from my house (amazingly, nobody was killed).

[ManiacJoe]

65. No pics of the shoot out with the cops?

[omega minimo]

20. ,

:eyes:

[Wetzelbill]

10. hell yeah some weird stuff goes on in this world

We've had a few incidents around my apartment complex over the years. I don't walk too far alone at night anymore, I used to though. Had a drive by shooting a few years ago about a block away that killed a guy. A couple beatings, one in laundromat down the street, seriously hurt the manager. I've had a few sketchy people knock on my door before, lol. I always go outside and check out a ruckus, usually it's a few drunks outside arguing, nothing too big.

At any rate, be careful. It's fun to go take a look but don't get too daring, that stuff is risky.

[beam me up scottie]

15. I used to walk everywhere.

Since I moved here I can't, not even during the day. It sucks.

[Wetzelbill]

37. I know what you mean

I've lived in the same complex for 7 years, it's gotten progressively worse in the neighborhood. More violence etc. I just don't like to walk alone all that much anymore. In the day it's not that bad, but at night, I just prefer not to go too far. Just the store across the street is about it.

[beam me up scottie]

38. I've almost decided to buy a handgun.

People are being beaten up and/or shot in their houses because they made the unfortunate mistake of being home when someone came to rob their house.
I'm alone several nights a week and I'm not going to become a victim.

[Wetzelbill]

48. That sounds like a good idea

I believe people should do what makes them feel safe, just so long as they are responsible about it. I'm originally from Montana, everybody and their mother has about 10 guns each. I've seen them used responsibly and not so responsibly, but they certainly can be an asset.

[beam me up scottie]

52. Yeah, we always had them in the house when I was a kid.

We lived out in the country, it was a necessity. Dad taught me to shoot the rifle when he started working third shift, I was 11.

[closeupready]

49. Where is this exactly? What city or what state?

n/t

[beam me up scottie]

54. Crappy town on the KY/TN border.

[Behind the Aegis]

12. You be safe, friend!

We had madness here last night, but no gun play (just B&E, attempted male-on-male rape by a pedophile(?)), so I played Gladys Kravitz, but guns, that is a no-no. I vote for a "change of scenery!"

[beam me up scottie]

16. Did you wear tights and a cape? What about a mask?

I love costumes. :P

[Behind the Aegis]

28. Nope, sat and peeked from behind the window in my undies.

:)

[beam me up scottie]

31. LOL! You and my bf both!

He ventured out onto the porch, though, so he could yell at me "You're going to get shot, you idiot!"

If the cops and the bad guys don't do it first, I believe he's going to kill me in the morning.

I bet you're one of those nosy neighbors who'd get in the middle of something if you thought somebody was being hurt.

[Behind the Aegis]

34. I went outside because of the noise.

When I saw the guy break in, I went back to call 911, but I had to find the street address, by that time, three other neighbors had shown up and 911 had been called, so I peeked out the window as the naked guy ran around screaming in the phone at the 911 operator. All in all, it was about a 7 on the drama scale, full frontal nudity, violence, foul language...NC-17 all the way!

[beam me up scottie]

36. What, no video?

It's funny, there is a stupid mockingbird who sings all goddamn night outside our window, he didn't get lucky so he lives the bachelor life, LOUDLY, starting every night at 11. He sang the whole time the cops were out there, it was bizarre. Right after the explosion was the only time I've ever heard him shut up.

The first shut him up for at least 15 minutes, this last time he recovered in about 5.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. I tend to hit the deck

but then again I tend to hit the deck with backfires... don't ask

Find good cover, and be safe.

[beam me up scottie]

18. Thanks! Gunshots in the night are becoming commonplace around here.

Everybody has big dogs tied in their yards and they bark all night long, you get used to it.

[Common Sense Party]

19. Jeez, I must live in the most boring town in the world.

Yes, I guess I do.

High excitement around here is when the cops cite the neighbors for not shoveling the walk.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Used to be a medic so for me training takes over

funny story... we live near sea world, first fireworks of the season go OFF... and LOUD

both me and hubby go down, me to the deck... him looking for the non-existent gun. Once we realized we started laughing

Now the real funny one, went to ren fair with sister and brother in law... they were cops at the time. Cannon goes off, I hit the deck, hubby hits cover, and these two go down for cover and reach for guns. Then reach for badge for obvious reason... and we all had a good laugh, even the gal tending the selling post. medic, navy, cop, cop, she actually found it hysterically funny. Me... it took about five minutes for my heart rate to go back to normal and my sense of smell back to normal. Ah adrenalin.. does weird shit. These days I just avoid the fourth of july fireworks

[Behind the Aegis]

30. I had a friend from N. Ireland.

He did the same thing, hit the deck when ever there was a loud explosion. He was dating one of my good friends and she was a roughneck Southern woman (love her to death). They were walking in downtown Columbia, SC and a car backfired. He flung her to the ground and jumped on top of her. She of course was pissed until she turned around and saw he was white as a ghost and trembling. They got married.

[tkmorris]

33. You know what?

He was so scared he turned white and was trembling, and yet he protected HER with his body, while under fire (he thought). That's love. She made a good choice with that one.

[Behind the Aegis]

35. Yup. He was also really cute! Always a plus.

He was a very nice man.

[beam me up scottie]

23. You have SNOW?

You have no idea how much I miss it. We had a whole three inches in March and managed to build a 6' snowman before it melted (bf was drinking, I was on cold medicine). Made the front page of the paper.

We have poisonous snakes and tornadoes, I'll take a good nor'easter any day...

[Common Sense Party]

42. We don't anymore, but we had some back in late April.

We're at 5500 feet, so it stays cooler a bit longer here.

No tornadoes, no snakes, no hurricanes. Just the vague threat of earthquakes and some big snowfalls during about five months of the year.

[Rex]

27. Yikes!

[omega minimo]

43. that explains a lot!

:scared:

[Two Americas]

17. scottie..

Read your sig line...

"...to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course..."

Be careful out there, please.


...

[beam me up scottie]

21. Thank you, point very well taken.

The cops in this town are crooked and racist as hell, when they start shooting at shadows in the night, I want to be a witness, not someone who closes the door and turns out the light. I hope I don't ever have to regret following my camera lens.

They picked up their casings before they left, is that weird?

[BreweryYardRat]

25. Yes.

If they thought they were acting within their legal boundaries, they wouldn't be clearing up the scene without a forensics unit on site.

[beam me up scottie]

32. I thought so.

I got pics of the car they chased down, the scene and the surrounding neighborhood-including the street barbecue two blocks south.

I wonder how much of this will be in the paper.

I hate this city.

[TheWraith]

47. I second that.

They're doing two things wrong there: disturbing forensics that would be needed for an internal investigation of the shooting, and covering up the fact that they were there in the first place. That STRONGLY suggests that they were acting illegally.

[beam me up scottie]

53. Their behaviour before and after the shooting is very suspect.

I have pictures of them right after the incident, we're networking now trying to get info.

[beam me up scottie]

24. Another explosion, louder. wtf?

Street are deserted, houses shut up tight. They've got the sheriff and deputies patrolling out here now too.

Called our friend in the bottoms two streets south, he hasn't seen any cops in his neighborhood. After the first explosion, he went out to drag his 18 year old sister into the house, she was out in the park with her friends, there were kids all over the place then.

To emphasize, the cops were shooting into the dark at someone they could not identify, this is in the middle of a city, in people's back yards.

[ThomCat]

26. I hope you, your family, and all your neighbors are safe.

:(

Not just from the explosions but from the police as well. That does not sound like a good situation.

If you find out what is going on please post it. If you don't find out, please post anyway just so we know that things have calmed down and you're all still okay.

:grouphug:

[beam me up scottie]

29. Thank you, friend.

I will. I really want to know who were they shooting at and why they left without capturing him/her.

:hug:

I hope you are well.

[-..__...]

39. Why mention that they were "white" cops?

Is that relevant to the story or do you have some ax to grind?

BTW... shotguns don't fire "bullets"; they use shells which can contain pellets, a slug or in this situation (as you describe it), possibly less than lethal loadings.

[varkam]

41. Oh, I think someone's got an axe to grind, all right.

I don't think it's who you suspect, though.

[beam me up scottie]

50. 41 Shots.

[uppityperson]

58. OBVIOUSLY the OP is an idiot racist asshole that doesn't know enought about weaponry

I mean, REALLY!












just in case OP takes me seriously :sarcasm:

[beam me up scottie]

61. I love you.

:hug:

I just love selective perception, don't you?

[uppityperson]

64. Glad you are ok and hugs back also. eom

[AngryAmish]

44. Where in the hell do you live?

I've lived in some pretty bad areas (Humboldt Park, Uptown). Enough of that shit. I moved to a nice safe area where lil AA can play in the yard.

[Javaman]

45. Disney World. Mickey's out kicking ass. Goofy is a meth head (kind of explains it) nt

[beam me up scottie]

51. In a dying town on the KY/TN border.

I was raised in New England, I had no idea what "poor" was until I moved here. It's like another planet.

[aikoaiko]

46. What city are you in?

:shrug:

[beam me up scottie]

55. KY/TN border, sorry can't be more specific.

There's lots of towns like this in the south, not enough jobs and too many desperate people.

[JonLP24]

57. Fort Campbell!! Air Assualt!!!

Sorry, you probaly don't live there. But Campbell is on the TN/KY border.

[beam me up scottie]

62. Pretty close, actually!

Helicopters overhead day and night, it's a little annoying when they're flying low.

[aikoaiko]

59. I hear you - I live in Savannah.

Fortunately, there doesn't seem to be an upward trend with our violent crime.

[beam me up scottie]

63. It's awful.

No homeless shelter or soup kitchen but plenty of abandoned buildings and cheap liquor stores.