This past Sunday morning was one of those few, GLORIOUS days in Houston, Texas. 65 degrees and low humidity.
I got up and made my breakfast about 7:15AM. I was sitting inside the house at the dining room table, with the double French doors wide open about 3 feet away.
The next thing I know, I hear a huge BANG of a gun going off...outside....CLOSE. I live in a subdivision of 1/4 acre lots, so the houses are all around me. Not a shotgun. A sharper report. Not a high powered rifle report.
The first thing I did was get on the floor. Then I gradually stood up and looked out the back doors - I see my neighbor behind me over the privacy fence (an older woman) looking at me with a questioning look? I mimed a "who knows" back to her.
Then I sat there thinking..."what should I do?" "Should I call the cops?" I ended up not doing anything. This is smack dab in the middle of the city. I'm looking for comments, especially from any current or former LEO as to what I should have done.
Thanks
PS: I'm new to the neighborhood, and do not know my neighbors well, yet.
I got up and made my breakfast about 7:15AM. I was sitting inside the house at the dining room table, with the double French doors wide open about 3 feet away.
The next thing I know, I hear a huge BANG of a gun going off...outside....CLOSE. I live in a subdivision of 1/4 acre lots, so the houses are all around me. Not a shotgun. A sharper report. Not a high powered rifle report.
The first thing I did was get on the floor. Then I gradually stood up and looked out the back doors - I see my neighbor behind me over the privacy fence (an older woman) looking at me with a questioning look? I mimed a "who knows" back to her.
Then I sat there thinking..."what should I do?" "Should I call the cops?" I ended up not doing anything. This is smack dab in the middle of the city. I'm looking for comments, especially from any current or former LEO as to what I should have done.
Thanks
PS: I'm new to the neighborhood, and do not know my neighbors well, yet.