# I-5 is closed in my neighborhood because of a shooter at large **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-5-is-closed-in-my-neighborhood-because-of-a-shooter-at-large/508136 "2009-08-29T06:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-5-is-closed-in-my-neighborhood-because-of-a-shooter-at-large/508136/1 "2009-08-29T06:26:04Z")
We turned on the news a minute ago and found that our neighborhood is locked down because of a guy shooting on the freeway. There are police snipers on the overpasses just west of us. They’ve closed about 3 miles of I-5 and some of the surrounding streets. No one has been injured so far, thank og. The traffic is backed up for miles is both directions. A minute ago the DOT camera showed someone walking across the highway. I think he went into the woods to pee. The news guy says the people trapped on the freeway know what’s happening because they all have cell phones. :dubious: not necessacelery. I guess we’ll be on the national news. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-5-is-closed-in-my-neighborhood-because-of-a-shooter-at-large/508136/2 "2009-08-29T06:32:18Z")
It’s on NWCN, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-5-is-closed-in-my-neighborhood-because-of-a-shooter-at-large/508136/3 "2009-08-29T06:45:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s on NWCN, anyway. We’re watching KING 5. They caught one person, but someone else has an AK-47 in the woods. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-5-is-closed-in-my-neighborhood-because-of-a-shooter-at-large/508136/4 "2009-08-29T06:49:21Z")
I’ve got NWCN on, but they’ve got the King 5 feed. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-5-is-closed-in-my-neighborhood-because-of-a-shooter-at-large/508136/5 "2009-08-29T07:11:13Z")
Sorry. I’ll have my men stand down. JK ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-5-is-closed-in-my-neighborhood-because-of-a-shooter-at-large/508136/6 "2009-08-29T07:44:45Z")
Story here: [http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW\_082809WAB-northgate-shooting-KC.127cdc6d8.html](http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_082809WAB-northgate-shooting-KC.127cdc6d8.html) Two suspects are in custody, cops on the lookout for a potential third, I-5 is reopened.