I so unaware of the situation until I seen the police uniform and the sniper gun..had loaded up our pickup and locked the doors. Men and women in uniform on the scene handled themselves well. They were about seven or eight cars up the lot from me.
No, its a peaceful town usually. In Corpus Christi, at 2 am in the morning, I heard the shotgun that killed a neighbor two doors down. And everyone carried in Alaska in the open. The first armed man through the air port doors with ammunition belts across his chest and carry a big game gun had me diving for the floor, but I got used to that. Mid West is usually quieter.