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Showing posts with label shooting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shooting. Show all posts

Friday, August 2, 2013

Six Minutes That Could Happen Anywhere

 
You might have heard about this on the news, but for me it’s personal; it happened in the building where my wife and son work.

The Police Records Department is located several yards inside the front door to our city hall. A thin young man, approximately eighteen years old, paced in the entryway before approaching the window and mumbling something.

Kathy (not her real name) was working the desk. “Could you repeat what you just said?”

What happened next made the national news. Read about it here.


Sunday, December 16, 2012

Confession

 
I confess that I’m not my cheery self this morning. I’m feeling a bit low lately. The Connecticut shootings are weighing heavily on my mind. What’s worse is that I’m having difficulty separating all of these shootings. They’re beginning to blur. We even had one here in Oregon a few days ago at the Clackamas Town Center not far from where I live....