area. “Oh crap!” I exclaimed. “He’s headed right for that school!” It was now about 3:30. Kids were leav- ing school for the day. “Hold on, stand by,” I told the ground


units. “He’s coming up on a school.” I looked more closely. It was an ele-


mentary school. Young kids. And this guy was speeding toward them, waving a gun. Fortunately he drove straight through the


school zone and out the other side, without firing a shot. That was a huge relief. I watched as the patrol cars pursued the


suspect through the neighborhood below. Because of all of the twisty residential


streets, the Civic had slowed down to about 30 miles an hour. (News reports would later report witnesses saying that the driver was laughing as he shot at police.) Two patrol cars were approaching an in- tersection from the west; they were going to get in position to cut off the Civic. Meanwhile the Civic was coming toward the intersection from the south. The cops couldn’t see the Civic. I didn’t know what the street names


were, but somehow I had to warn the of- ficers that the suspect was right around the corner from them. I got on the radio again, “Okay, two police department units


36 June 2013


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