"You're afraid standing here that somebody might come along and shoot you -- you know it's possible," said Loretta Betesch, 42, an insurance saleswoman, pausing in a grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, where the first victim was gunned down on Wednesday. "It could happen anywhere. It's very unnerving."
Translation...........The sheep are getting nervous. There are predators about.
There were always predators around, but the sheep didn't pay attention until they were awakened by the media.
I once remarked to a secretary at work: "Most people are only alive because nobody has been particularly interested in killing them". She thought about that for a while