Ryan McFarland

Today seemed like it was going to be a good day.  It was partly sunny, a Friday before a long weekend, and my site was getting some mad traffic because of Palin’s candidacy.  I couldn’t get in touch with Earl to help me haul the restroom partitions we have prepped to move to the concessions building so i decided to start wo work on trimming out the windows.  I needed to get my table saw to rip boards though so i headed home.

I saw an ambulance on the side of the road and across the street from our house.  Police cars, EMT’s and even a POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS tape were over there.  I’ll skip all the details but just say that i ended up taking the afternoon off, was questioned by the police about my neighbor (and friend) and former neighbor (and friend).  We bought flowers and put them over there after the EMT’s, police, tow truck, and fire department left.

Out of respect for the victim, the offender, the witnesses, and their friends and family i won’t say much more.  There will be some tough weeks ahead.

The Petersburg Pilot had this news posted in a rare between-issues update.

Police received a call reporting the death of two people not far out the road at 10:39 this morning. Police Chief Dale Stone stated that an investigation is currently underway.

“What we are investigating is the death of two adults, one male and one female, at a residence out the road. The death appears to be caused by gunshot wound,” he said.

Although police were quick to gather information at the scene, Chief Stone said he is not yet comfortable to release any further information.

“We have not positively identified the bodies. We have a lot of indicators that give us reason to believe we know who they are, but we don’t have a comfort level right now to release names,” he said.