News that's close to home

As I was driving the kids to school this morning, we passed 6 or 7 police cars and a news crew about 1/2 a block from the school. I came home to watch the news and saw this story. Early this morning a police officer was shot at in the neighborhood about 1 mile from our house. The 3 men ran off and still haven't been found. So every officer in Pflugerville is in my neighborhood today looking for the armed men. Both the middle school and elementary school are in the middle of the area the men ran off in. Consequently, the schools are on reverse evacuation: once inside the school they won't be able to leave. I feel that they are safe at school but I hope they catch the gunmen before the end of the school day. They won't be walking home until they do. And our cars and house will be locked until then too. At least every police officer available is within a mile of my house!

UPDATE: They still haven't found the 3 men, but the search in our area has been suspended. The schools lifted the lockdown before school let out. But all walkers and bikers were asked to call home and have parents arrange to escort them home. So there were a lot of parents around after school. They also 3 extra crossing guards along the main roads to help with the extra traffic and keep an eye on all the kids. I'm grateful that everything worked out.