A Good Day To Be On Time

This morning as I was taking Christian to Karate (with all the other kids in tow), we passed a car that had been pulled over by three cops. The car was directly to our right so we had to slow down to go around the cops and car. There were three cops and one was at the driver's side door trying to open the door and he looked pretty mad like he was telling her to open her door. Right as I was driving past I looked over and saw the women turn her head and she bent down like she was getting something from between the driver and passenger seat. By the time I got to the stop light I looked back and noticed that they got the passenger door open.



A few minutes after I was at the Karate Studio I heard a ton of sirens from cop cars, fire engines, and ambulances. When Karate was over I was loading the kids in the van and noticed that life flight was flying almost directly over us. When we tried to turn left to get on Lehi Main St. it was completely blocked off so we had to take a detour. When I back on Main St. I looked in my review mirror and saw more cops, fire engines, and ambulances (and news helicopters) then I've ever seen in my whole life.



When I got home I got online to find out what had happened. It turns out that the woman shot the officer while in her car and then got out and the other two cops opened fire and killed her. The situation was "breaking news" all day in Utah.



When I drove by and saw the lady grabbing for something it did cross my mind that she could be grabbing for a gun; and because her door was locked, I didn't think she was reaching for her wallet.



I'm so very grateful that I was on time for Karate today and that we weren't around when the shooting happened. I figure that I was about 30-45 sec. away when the shooting happened. I'm trying not to dwell on what-ifs and just be grateful that I, and more importantly, my kids were out of the line of fire