I live in Milford Connecticut. About a month and a half ago a teen, Maran Sanchez was stabbed and killed by a boy in the hallway of my high school Alma mater. That school is a half mile from my home. At that time I said evil keeps getting closer to my doorstep.
Well yesterday it got even closer. Two streets away from me yesterday another event took place.
Wednesday is my day off and being home I experienced something very surreal unfold.
At around 12:20pm I started to see cops flying up and down my street. I went outside to look around and noticed they were pulling into sides streets as well, and then speeding back out of them and down the road. I figured they must be looking for someone, but I had no clue.
So I went back inside my house and headed into my kitchen to do some food prep for dinner. Next thing I knew there was a loud noise outside my kitchen window. A chopper was hovering over my neighborhood. I went out to observe and it was just sitting there. Then it slowly moved forward and stopped to hover again. Now I know something serious is going on. Here we go again!
So I text my wife to tell her a chopper is outside our window hovering overhead. She must have quickly researched because within minutes she said there has a been a shooting. Two people are dead!
I now do the smart thing and close the windows and lock the doors. Then I get a call from my wife saying the shooter who killed a man went up on a roof and shot at the cops, they took his own life. The scene is now secure.
Relieved I open the windows again.
As this was all happening, schools went into lock down and city kids were freaking out thinking what is happening now? This all took place less than a half mile from the high school.
Lastly I find out my daughters best friends mom who is currently living on the street where this took place and being a nurse was doing CPR on the injured man on his front lawn. She was shot at and had to flee into her house.
I never had any experiences like this growing up in my hometown, but now from Sandy Hook to my doorstep in Milford it is starting to feel you are just not safe anywhere at anytime.