3:30 am last night I awoke suddenly. I don’t know why. Not soon afterwards I heard POP! POP! POP! This sound was followed by a very loud car alarm and a guy screaming for help. Apparently he was shot, I think in the leg.
When I looked out the window I saw a guy limping up the street knocking on doors. I called 911 and the resumed looking out the window and waiting. For a brief moment, I thought I should let him in our place since he was hurt and then I realized that this was incredibly stupid because I had no idea what was going on. We also thought about whether or not we should go out, but then I figured calling 911 was really about all the help we could hope to give and going outside when shots were just fired might not be the best move either. I thought I would freak out in a situation like this, but I feel like we were both unusually calm. I don’t suppose that the guy is hurt too bad (I mean for having been shot) because they took the guy out of the ambulance and pushed him around on the gurney looking for something.
In the end, I think we did the right thing, but I really don’t know the “somebody got shot outside your house” etiquette. They need to put that up on the now that you’re here section of livebaltimore.com along with the recycling dates.
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