It was not something I wanted my 12-year-old son to see. Jake was at a friends birthday party Saturday night when all hell broke loose. The police swarmed the house next door. A man ran out and into nearby woods. The police had their guns drawn. The kids heard a “pop” and Jake saw the man hit with a taser gun. He even saw the man shaking then fall over.
We didn’t find out until the next day that the man was the escapee from the Lebanon Correctional Center. Rumor has it, his sister lives in the home and when he showed up.. She called police.
It was strange that no one seemed to take notice of the 20 or so kids standing around and swimming at the house next door. The police said nothing to the parents like..”get the kids inside.” It was the Dad who corralled the 12 and 13 year olds out of harms way.
It was over as quickly as it began. The police cleared out and the kids came back out. They had a lot to talk about after that. Certainly not something I wanted my son to see at a birthday party.
That is all.
