Dear Mom........ my own war zone

Dear Mom......  on my birthday a few days ago a young man killed his step father in our building.  We have been dealing with the aftermath of that incident ever since with all the forensics trucks, etc. around.  Now today there were over 20 cops in the building chasing down one guy.  As I waited for someone in the lobby out comes this cop with this huge freaking automatic rifle hanging off his flak jacket ...    it's getting harder and harder to live here.  I'm glad you are not enduring this either, it would be way too stressful for you.  It's much like my own little war zone here these days.