Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 | 2 a.m.
I often bemoan the overabundance of crime protection within the media, however when an occasion touches your life up shut and private, you will have a thirst to search out out the main points. Such was the case Aug. 3 when my buddy and I had been eating at 1:22 a.m. when a guard shot a suspect in entrance of the restaurant.
Within the first few seconds after we heard gunfire, there was a rush of individuals coming into the restaurant and it was unimaginable to know in the event that they had been fleeing an energetic shooter. My buddy was able to flip over the desk for us to cover behind, however I used to be frozen in my chair. I quickly noticed {that a} crowd had shaped across the downed suspect. And there was no extra gunfire.
The gang was regulation enforcement and medical personnel doing heroic work below a tense scenario with curious onlookers simply attempting to get out of the best way. They had been in command of the scenario however had been respectful of everybody round them.
We discovered that two staff had been critically stabbed and had been taken to a hospital. We discovered {that a} safety guard had shot the fleeing suspect, little doubt saving what might have been us had we been wherever else however the place we had been.
This occasion served as a superb reminder to be grateful for life, to understand others and to by no means take something with no consideration. However I hope we are able to be taught extra particulars, and pray for the restoration of the injured staff.