So, it’s about 5:40 this morning when I was roused from my slumber by what I could only describe as gunshots. “But this is Shaker Heights”, I say “I was just dreaming, and a loud noise woke me up” after that bit of rationalization, two more loud noises punctuated the silence. Yet, I was still strangely unsure if the noises were gunshots, and I didn’t hear any sirens, so I drifted back to sleep. I was awakened at around 8:00 by the doorbell. It was a police officer, and there had indeed been a shooting two doors down.
It seems the new neighbors were a bit delinquent in their car payments, and when the repo man came to take their car, the neighbor shot at them. They’ve been a rowdy bunch since they moved in about three months ago, but there is a difference between being rowdy and deadly. I can only imagine if one of the bullets went through a window or a wall and hit someone. After talking with the officer, I was informed that he had been arrested, and would probably be facing five years in prison.
Next time, I hope they just let them take the damn car.