OK, I normally don’t post blog entries from work, but this was just too weird to wait. My commute took an hour and a half this morning (rather than the usual 35 minutes) due to the freeway being shut down because cops found a guy staggering along Interstate 80, shot four times. They think he was a kidnapping victim, but cops are being fairly closed-mouthed about the whole thing at this poit.
The Highway Patrol says the man was shot twice in the arm, once in the leg and once in the side of the head.
Talk about your basic bad way to start your day: shoved out of a car alongside a freeway and shot four times at 3 in the morning. To add insult to injury, they dumped him off in Utah.
Oy. And I think it’s a bad day when my milk’s gone sour. According to the latest reports on the radio, though, the man is expected to be just fine. He’s drifting in and out of consciousness, but they’ve stabilized him.
That’s gotta be an interesting story when it comes out.
Dazed and Confused
I also enjoyed the lovely delay this morning. I guess sitting in my car for an extra hour wasn’t as bad as being shot in the head and left for dead. Come to think of it, sitting in the car is better than following someone’s blood back from the freeway to where they were shot.
The man walked…
Apparently, the man walked somewhere between a quarter and a half a mile before being picked up. I just can’t even imagine what that quarter of a mile must have been like.
The fact the man says he was kidnapped before being shot and left for dead is something interesting. Why was he kidnapped? Who is this man from Riverton? Who kidnapped him?
Ahh, well, it’s local news. In national news today, there’s more important stuff to report: Massive Cow Manure Mound Burns For Third Month In Milford, Nebraska and The Olsen Twins Take Control Of Their Media Empire.
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Matthew P. Barnson
fires
Speaking of long burning fires… How about the story of Ashland, PA where a mine fire has been burning under the town since 1961?
No wonder why the town is called Ashland!
And from the original blog topic on being shot and left for dead, I think I’ll quick complaining and be greatful for my headache today!–
Christy
Never
Never in my life could I ever understand what goes through someone’s head when they shot another human for no good reason whatsoever. What is it that makes a person do such a dispicable thing. Outrageous! On the other hand, I couldn’t imagine what was going through the poor man that was shot’s head. At the time of the shooting or when he walked himself down the road trying to find help. The human species is amazingly capable of such extroidinary acts in life.