Whoa.

I am not really sure if anyone reads this anymore (why would you? I don't write anything, not because I don't have anything to say, but more because I realize more and more every day how damn small St. Louis really is, and I have to watch what I say).

But..............there was a guy with a gun in my office building today and he assaulted some guy from the parking lot company over a $5 fee in the office right below me and after the guys threw a few punches, the angry customer reached for his gun, and tried to cock it but luckily it jammed and he ran out. The cops took about 10 minutes to get there, and I work downtown! They never found the guy, but they impounded his car (he got away on foot!), and they have the wallet and credit card he had with him.

It was really really really scary. We locked ourselves in the office, called 911, and stayed away from the windows (interior ones that face the hallway). They had a canine search the building, and apparently a bunch of cops cleared it, but they refused to come up and let us know that everything was ok. We just got brave, cracked the door, and asked another curious tenant if it was ok.

I heard the woman in the office below screaming "no, no, stop! help!", and lots of thumping and banging around. It was very surreal. We need better security there, apparently. And people need to not be so damn crazy that a "no credit card" policy at a $5 flat rate parking lot doesn't incite such violence. For pete's sake, there's an ATM attached to our stupid building, just around the corner from where this guy was parked.

I don't get it. I am just glad to be ok. But I am freaked out that he will come back. What would stop him?