She wandered into the living room and turned on the television, and the news was on. An anchor in a blue suit:
“—latests reports of two ICE agents who were shot as they kicked in the door of a home in Minneapolis this morning identify the homeowner as Gus Woodrow, a seventy-nine-year-old citizen born locally.
“Woodrow called 911, reporting that two armed men were at his door and threatening to shoot through it if he didn’t open it.
“KARE News 11 has obtained a cellphone video of the incident. Be warned, the video is violent and may be disturbing to some viewers.”
The video, shot from behind and at an angle of about thirty degrees, showed two men in military-style clothing holding pistols in front of a house’s door.
Paula watched, fascinated.
“Open the fucking door or we will shoot you through it!” One of the men screamed.
“You have a warrant?” That was muffled, from inside the house.
“We don’t need a fucking warrant, asshole!” The second agent yelled.
Whereupon the first speaker booted the door open.
Whoever was taking the video yelled, “Fuck! Stop! Stop!”
There came two blasts from the inside the house.
The two men fell.
The videoer’s phone shook, and pointed at the sky, then panned back and down to refocus on the two fallen men.
“Ah, fuck-fuck-fuck you shot me!”
“Goddamit you motherfucker!”
“Ow, ow, ow—son-of-a-bitch, I’m gonna kill you!”
“You reach for them guns you dropped, you won’t. I have reloaded.”
Mr. Woodrow appeared in the doorway, holding a double-barreled shotgun.
The video faded and the news anchor reappeared.
“An ambulance took the wounded men to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Apparently both men were shot in the legs with what an anonymous source says was rock salt.
“Local police arrived, took the shooter into custody.
"We have reports, as yet unverified by authorities, that, after questioning Mr. Woodrow, the Minneapoilis District Attorney has declined to prosecute."
Paul laughed. My. That was going to open a whole new can of worms.
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