Jill, official older daughter of NewMexiKen, reports on the excitement on her street last night.
Mack’s friend Nick was over, and at about 8:00 it was time for him to go home. As he walked down the driveway I realized there were two police cars in front of my house. I followed him out to make sure everything was okay, and saw that there were three police cars at the end of the street. There were two officers [across the street in the] back and side yard, each with long black body shields and rifles. One officer saw us and yelled at us to go back in the house. At the same time Nick’s mom saw us from down at her end of the street (she works for the sherrif’s office) and yelled at us to get back inside.
Which we did QUICKLY.
I sent all the kids into the basement, but I couldn’t resist watching. Eventually our neighbor who lives [across the street one house down] came out into his driveway and put his hands up over his head. Then he turned around and kneeled with his hands behind his head, and an officer came up with weapon drawn and cuffed him. They took him back in the house.
Sometime later, the police left and Nick’s mom came down to get him.
It seems that [the neighbor] took his dog for a walk and brought a BB gun with him. Someone saw him and thought it was a real gun and called the police. So it was really nothing — if having a swarm of cops with rifles on your street can ever be nothing.