a close adventure

A close call! 2 people were shot in our condo complex and we missed it by a few seconds. In fact it happened almost in front of our eyes. Like most evenings, we headed out to the gym at around 7 something. On our way to my car, John heard several gun shots to which he thought there were balloons popping! I, as usual, totally oblivious of my surrounding, didn't hear anything! I suspected something happened when I saw a crowd of people standing on the sidewalk. So I was right. Something really did happen and it was major!

One of the onlooker told me that a guy shot his wife and then shot himself. The woman was seen running towards our building and ended up at our doorstep. She was shot, not sure how bad her condition was. We did see blood dripping along the path she ran. I guess, if we were to have left our door a few seconds late, we would have saw her at our doorstep. I guess the neighbors that live 2 doors from our unit, took her in. I believe when she was at our doorstep, we were still walking towards our car. Right now, the crime scene (the building next to us) is all taped up including our building because that's where she was rescued. The story is still developing, no one really knows the motive of the gun shots. Neighbors heard the woman screaming for help and several gun shots. They appear to be an older couple in their sixties. They were both now taken to the hospital. Not sure about their condition but many said the woman is doing fine. The neighbor that helped the woman is still being questioned, it's been more than 2 hours since it happened. It could have been us if we saw the woman at our doorsteps. We just missed her! Well, it would definitely not be a pleasant evening to witness it.

We just saw a brief news story about this incident on tv, ... and my car was on TV! The news reporter was standing about 10 feet from my car. It really was surprising to see this kind of thing happen in the heart of Valencia! John is very picky about the neighborhood we live in. He tries to avoid the "ghetto" area as he calls it. I teased him right after this incident, i guess things like that could happen anywhere, doesn't matter if you are in Valencia, Newhall or Canyon Country. Our neighbor was telling us, this is the first time this has ever happened in this complex since he lived here. It's our luck to encounter this during our 6 months stay here. We moved here around Feb of this year and hopefully will be able to move out soon!

Can't wait to find out the reason behind the shootings. Hopefully there will be more news about it tomorrow. Needless to say, we didn't make it to the gym. We cannot even get out of our unit now. It is all taped up. It was sure an interesting evening. We took a few pictures with our camera phone, even the bloody spots! They didn't come out as good though. I'll post some pictures up when I get a chance.

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http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/17168/