It's a pretty open area, with a few strip shopping areas, a KFC/Taco Hell with a parking lot... I don't know the exact location of the shooting, I think I heard that the elderly man was at a bus stop. If it was northbound GA Ave, there is a stop right at Eastern Ave, and backs up to Jessup Blair Park. Southbound GA Ave stop is maybe only 25 yards further away from the park.
My son's old school buddies live in Aspen Hill, and they're a bit concerned for their safety, too. I'm beginning to understand how the Israelis feel.
Man, I can see all these places in my mind. I used to walk around that area all the time. I lived in the Blair East apartments and would just walk down to my grandma's in NW, right down the street from that KFC, near Walter Reed.
Other people lost their lives and for that I am outraged and feel nothing but sadness for them and their families. But I can't help but think "there's no reason that couldn't have been me, had I not moved."