News Worthy...literally

So today was Hectic in the extreme. There was a double Homicide in Castle Dale. Guess where? The next door neighbors of Sharon Smith, My boss. So I went to work as usual this morning at 9:00 and everything seemed normal. Then the phone calls started. (Who knew that everyone in Emery County had a scanner so they would be able to be the first ones up on gossip??) well I soon found out that Sharon's neighbor (the only neighbors in that area) had had a major blow up. Apparently the son (whit's age) got in a fist fight with his father in front of 4 of his siblings ages 8-15 the son then left the house and returned with a shot gun and shot his father in the face in the bedroom and then went to the kitchen and shot his mother. His fifteen year old sister then wrestled the gun away and he ran off. So at 9:00 about 3 minutes after he shot his parents and ran out of the house I show up to work. A few minutes later about 12 assorted government vehicles showed up, lights on and sirens whining. Oblivious to what is happening next door I am bombarded by the phone calls of the obsessive scanner listeners wondering if I heard gun shots and if I had seen anything on and on, over and over I answered the same questions. Ironically the people calling me had more information than I did seeing as I was the ONLY ONE on the block who was home during the shooting. Yes, Both Sharon and Tom had left me at the office for the day. So there I was at the office getting calls that my neighbor was a homicidal maniac and that they hadn't found him yet.! It was not good for my peace of mind. At about noon the news vans started showing up. When I got back from lunch I was jumped on by KSL, ABC, FOX and an assortment of local paper people asking me for interviews. I answered their questions as best I could but told them that I didn't want to be put on the evening news. And to top it all off the Jehovah's witnesses came to give me a message! I told them I was in the middle of a Homicide investigation and now was not a good time. (As if they couldn't tell by the 24 police cars and news vans blocking the street.) Anyway that is how my day went today. Hopefully tomorrow won't be this trying.