Too Close For Comfort

There was a random shooting a few blocks from my condo today, at a busy intersection that I actually drove through just before the shootings started.

From the Las Vegas Sun:

... the incident began at 2:30 p.m. when police received calls reporting that a man was shooting at passersby from inside a red SUV parked on the side of Blue Diamond Road. ... The suspect was shot by police... (click here for the full story)

I drove right through the soon-to-be-scary-scene around 1:30 p.m., en route to my 2 p.m. massage (I go to Massage Envy on Blue Diamond, which is a few blocks from the I-15). After my rub-down, I unknowingly drove through the scene of the crime on my way home. I didn't see any police cars or notice anything out of the ordinary, but when I saw the story on the Las Vegas Sun website, I couldn't believe it. Yikes! Talk about hitting close to home. I consider it yet another not-so-subtle reminder that life is far more fragile than we realize... so call or e-mail the people who matter to you, if you haven't already done so recently. I know I will.