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Terror in Paradise

I'm sure everyone in Canada has heard last night's headline news - you know, the story about the guy that at 6:20 AM yesterday morning, had staked out his ex-girlfriends house with a rifle, waited for her to leave for work, and as she walked down the street he shot her six times in the back? Yeah? Then you must've heard about the ensuing highspeed police chase that culminated a few klicks away with a flipped car, a Hollywood style cops vs. robbers gun battle, something like 30 to 40 shots fired, and one dead wacko?

Vancouver Sun: Police shoot man dead in chase drama

Yeah, I'm sure you heard all about it. The lady with six bullets in her back had just been taken away when I drove down the hill on my way to work at 6:30. I only live 5 blocks from where she was first shot - fortunately for her, the hospital is exactly one block away. I guess I must have been brushing my teeth when all the shooting was happening, 'cause I didn't hear a thing... very strange - but there certainly was a lot of traffic chaos that morning. And even more that afternoon when I was heading home from work. News cameras and crews, and trucks - reporters doing monologues on the corner, sattellite vans with their dishes up, geez louise, our perfect little neighbourhood is starting to look like Surrey. What the devil is going on here???