We had a murder in our nieghborhood!

Yes, almost exactly the same distance from my house as your occurrence. An elderly woman living alone. It's still unsolved. I had a detective come to my door once asking for assistance.

The closest thing was a getaway car found in our street after a double murder in another city.😐

Try not to worry too much.

I expected "a murder of crows" and a story about birds being a pest.

Damn! As for your question, no, I've never had a murder happen anywhere close to anywhere I lived, at least not that I was aware of.

The closest I've gotten is that I've spoken with two convicted murderers, due to my time in the legal profession. One had killed a lover that was about to break up with him, and did it as part of a life insurance scam, and the other had killed his roommate that annoyed him. Both are serving life in prison.

There was a murder on our street in 2008. A son killed his father in the garage with a hammer. There was some mental issues involved. About 10 houses down. A bit too close for comfort.

I was once startled to see one of those SWAT vehicles fall in behind me and tail me all the way home. Naturally, with each block as I neared my house, my curiosity increased. After I parked my car in my garage, I noticed they had parked directly in front of my house. At that point I was really wondering what the heck was going on. As I'm shutting my garage, I suddenly see the SWAT team, huddled in tight formation, guns brandished, cutting through my yard. It was really becoming surreal. I watched them approach a neighbor's house, gather at his front door and start demanding for the occupant to emerge with hands raised. He eventually did and seemed very compliant. I've never seen so many guns pointed at one person. While standing there and watching all of this unfold, a deputy sheriff with a huge German shepherd came charging through my back yard and almost ran into me. Quite a bit of unexpected excitement during an otherwise lazy summer afternoon. Although I kept a close eye on the local media and even FB, I was never able to determine what that had been about.

Wow. I am so sorry to hear that, MissMargo. But that just proves that you're never totally safe anywhere in this crazy world.
I'm so glad that you are unharmed.



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I live in a city so this unfortunately happens a lot. I've also had many junkies die in very close proximity to me which starts to weigh on you even after the first one.