We woke up to the sound of gunshots and squealing tires. Ah, life in the big city. Like usual, it sounded like they were right outside the house, but in reality they could be anywhere as sound carries pretty far in our area. In last night’s case, we then heard many many sirens (also not unusual since Rainier is a main road), but they stopped this time nearby. There were many people milling about outside the Dakota, the apartment building across the field from us, so I thought someone was shot there, but they could have also outside looking at the lunar eclipse. I consulted Seattle’s realtime 911 calls on the net, and it was unclear exactly where the shooting occurred.
The Seattle PI reported this morning that three people were shot along Rainier Avenue within a few blocks from us, although it is unclear where it all occurred as all three were found in different places, and one has died of head wounds. As one might expect, it was not believed to be a “random shooting”.
On a more relaxed note, Amanda managed to stay at home all night otherwise, although she was paged a lot. Now we are waiting for the coffeecake to finish baking. Piglet is out having adventures.