5:30am, Sunday, August 17, 2008

someone was yelling, "take that, bitch!" and then POP-POP-POP! jumped out of bed and ran to the window. called 911 to report 3 shots fired. raised the screen and saw one (seemingly) white guy running down the alley behind our building. there was a bike down on the sidewalk in front of the apartment just west of us and two youths (one black, one not black) walking towards the bike. by the time the cop showed up, everyone was gone.

no, it's not a scene from Law and Order. this happened right outside our condo this morning.

since we never heard screams or an ambulance, we assumed no one was hurt. we still don't know where this shooting took place. i had never heard gunfire in the 8.5 years i've lived in chicago. until this morning.