Saturday, November 26, 2022

From the True Crime Desk


Do you know this woman?  This picture is from my next-door neighbor's doorbell cam.  They're real curious what she's doing in their driveway, too, especially since the police were out and about in the neighborhood looking for her.

The apparent backstory is it seems there was a nearby car robbery followed by a police chase.  The suspects fled on foot and the police caught one on my block, about five or so houses up from me.  The other suspect appears to be this woman, who was likely looking for a way to escape from the neighborhood without being seen out on the street.

The police searched my neighbor's backyard and my backyard and the backyards of several adjacent houses.  No sign of her.  She apparently found a way out, or got an Uber driver to come pick her up.  

In other police news, there was a shooting tonight in the nearby Atlantic Station mixed-use development. It's still very much an active police scene, and some news bulletins say at least one person was killed and others say several people were shot without specifying how many were shot fatally.  

Atlantic Station has been the scene recently of several violent incidents, usually involving teenagers hanging out and some low-level gang activity.  It's not at all clear yet whether tonight's gunplay is more of the same, or just the latest in the U.S.A.'s tragic tradition of mass shootings. Anyway, the "Breaking News" announcements say the police are on another manhunt now looking for the suspect or suspects, and given that Atlantic Station is very close to here, they may be back in my hood before the night is over.

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