Thursday, August 14, 2008

Shotgun Shooting in Aurora

Okay, so......my parents live in a pretty good neighborhood in Aurora, CO and I've always enjoyed coming to visit. It's usually a pretty safe place to be and don't have to worry about too much. HOWEVER, Bryan and I pulled up into my parents driveway last night from a long day of traveling and as we were unloading the car we could hear police sirens in the distance. At the same time, there was a group of kids walking the sidewalk by the little ravine next to my parents culdesac. 2 of them came over to us and asked us for a glass of water because their friend was dehydrated. We gave them some bottled water and they were on their way. But something didn't feel right.

Little did we know, the sirens were headed straight to our neighborhood and drove right past our house to get to the local park that is one block over. We didn't know what was going on and pretty soon there was an ambulance, news stations and a firetruck that followed. We figured someone was sick or hurt in their home but not long after the trucks passed there were police walking the streets searching and looking behind bushes, houses, inside cars, etc. We finally found out what happened when we caught the news.

Apparently there was a quarrel between 2 groups of people and one person pulled out a shotgun on the other group hitting a few people involved and innocent bystanders at the park. Now I'm wondering if those kids that asked for some water were actually involved and might have been injured by the shotgun pellets and needed water for an injury. I know, it's speculation, but they had just come from the direction of the park and it just felt a little fishy.

Needless to say, I made sure all the doors were locked and I told my parents to sell their house and move to Idaho :) Hopefully this is just a one time thing!! (It wasn't gang related)

Here's a link to the news video...... http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7203147&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

4 comments:

Cook Family said...

I am so glad you guys made it safe and sound despite all the drama! Hopefully the rest of your trip will be wonderful and uneventful!

Bobbi said...

Nothing like a nice warm Welcome home....right? Wow! I hope you guys have a great time at your parents and drive home safely.

Ryan and Heidi said...

Yikes! That's scary! I'm glad you guys are all safe though! I hope you had a fun trip!

Vanessa said...

wew! S-C-A-R-Y!! That's the stuff I dread! Hope you have fun at home...it's always nice to get-a-way and have some relax time! Drive safe! p.s. what's up with the house for sale? thought you were going to be here forever?!