“Think about the incongruity of that.”
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I tend to think counter-clockwise.
To my way of thinking the hospital setting would probably be the most logical place to put police officers.
Why?
The amount of personal grief that overwhelms the average citizen dealing with loss of life, amputations/maiming caused by criminal acts (including Drunk Driving), negligence by the hospital doctors/nurses/administrators.
There are cases where husbands/wives/lovers will end a partner’s life if it’s terminal and they are in great pain, at the request of the dying/terminally ill partner...some opt for jailtime afterwards having made peace with themselves prior to the act...others opt for suicide because they fear jail or they simply wish not to live without the other partner.
I wonder if that was the case with the murder/suicide you mentioned. Did the terminal ill wife want to die and couldn’t do it herself because she was already in the hospital? Was he honoring her wishes at the only place he could? I don’t know and am grateful to not have to make a judgement.
Was it horrible? Surely, it weighs still on those who witnessed the aftermath or heard the shots.
It doesn’t however excuse the cowardice of the political elite or the cowardly citizenry who have something to gain, leaving people unable to defend themselves.
Life is messy. Evil and messy with the moments of Grace spread among those evil and messy events.
The police are only in the building when they are bringing in suspects who've been injured or if there is some event in which they'd be needed but thankfully that's rare. The county jail is up the road from us and armed correction officers bring prisoners in for treatment.