A north Minneapolis shooting, police standoff, and fire, all happening right across the alley from the home I grew up in:



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Look at the left edge of the picture. See the house in the distance, with the door on the second story? That's our former next-door neighbors.



Accompanying, bizarre news story here. (registration required, and by the way, bugmenot.com is a good source for logins to reg-required sites).



I am frequently grumpy about most of my family's exodus to the 'burbs. Now is not one of those times.