Shooting

 We finished our supper and headed out back for a little walk. There was a police car on our corner blocking traffic and lots of flashing lights a little further down the block. We got down to where locals were milling about behind the caution tape with about 15 patrol cars and dozens of cops. People said it was a shooting. They said it sounded like a machine gun.  Someone heard a woman scream. Somebody said “ he’s 21. He’s not a kid. He’s a devil.” Whether that was the shooter or a victim I don’t know. We did not see a body or any blood. There were plenty of shell casings laying in the street so it was clearly some kind of automatic weapon. It’s just a shame that some people in our government and society can’t step up and do the right thing about banning assault weapons.