My town of 65,000 (96% white) has had zero murders this year. NONE.
Robert McCarthy, a 66-year-old city council member who lives less than a mile from the bowling alley, said that as the gunman remained at large, he couldn’t sleep.
He locked all his doors as authorities urged people to stay home, and he switched on his exterior lights. “I got my wife’s guns,” he said, “and prepared for the worst.”