Hello everyone, I would like advice from a Law enforcement officer on a potential threat to my family.
I live in an apartment with my mother and sisters (ages 20, 18, 17). My father works in Texas and is here on the weekends. I work as a musician so I have to go on the road some friday/saturday nights. Last saturday night was one such night and my sisters told me something alarming when I returned . Apparently, they were hanging out their room around 2 am with the lights on. At 2:30 they shut the lights off and went to bed. There is a tree not 5 feet away from the window looking into their room. One of my sisters noticed that the blinds were slightly more open than they should be, and as she looked from her bed out the window she saw a guy sitting right there under the tree looking into their room. Apparently my sisters froze from the shock. After 15 minutes or so by their estimate, the guy left and they went to wake their parents. My dad stayed up the rest of the night and stepped outside a couple of times to look around. No one thought to call the police. When I came home sunday and heard about this, the first thing I did was inform the police and give them a description of the guy (white male in his 20s, short blonde hair, medium height and build). Clearly my sisters should have called the moment they saw the guy, so there wasn't much to be done when I called. The officer I spoke to told me to just be cautious and call instantly if I see him. Right now I'm up with an 870 and a 9mm ready to sweep the house every time our cat makes a noise.
I work late or away from home 2-3 nights a week on average. Our upstairs neighbors are 3 young college girls. Next door neighbor is a divorced father with two middle school aged children. He is armed, but he comes off as mild mannered to the casual observer. I am concerned that if this person has been observing the area and our habits, then he may be thinking that my home is a 'soft' target.
I was hoping to find someone on here with experience in a matter like this. My 3 basic questions are:
-Is it more likely that this person was a saturday night drunk or a psychopath?
-Should I talk to the neighbors about this or do you think it would be unnecessary alarm to them?
-I barricaded my sisters' window tonight with a dresser, because it is easily big enough to enter through. I'm considering not working tomorrow night. How do you balance 'paranoia' and going back to life as normal?
I may be overblowing this whole incident in the wake of the Mickey Shunick kidnapping, but I feel like this incident was a genuine cause for concern. I thank everyone in advance who can give me any advice.
I live in an apartment with my mother and sisters (ages 20, 18, 17). My father works in Texas and is here on the weekends. I work as a musician so I have to go on the road some friday/saturday nights. Last saturday night was one such night and my sisters told me something alarming when I returned . Apparently, they were hanging out their room around 2 am with the lights on. At 2:30 they shut the lights off and went to bed. There is a tree not 5 feet away from the window looking into their room. One of my sisters noticed that the blinds were slightly more open than they should be, and as she looked from her bed out the window she saw a guy sitting right there under the tree looking into their room. Apparently my sisters froze from the shock. After 15 minutes or so by their estimate, the guy left and they went to wake their parents. My dad stayed up the rest of the night and stepped outside a couple of times to look around. No one thought to call the police. When I came home sunday and heard about this, the first thing I did was inform the police and give them a description of the guy (white male in his 20s, short blonde hair, medium height and build). Clearly my sisters should have called the moment they saw the guy, so there wasn't much to be done when I called. The officer I spoke to told me to just be cautious and call instantly if I see him. Right now I'm up with an 870 and a 9mm ready to sweep the house every time our cat makes a noise.
I work late or away from home 2-3 nights a week on average. Our upstairs neighbors are 3 young college girls. Next door neighbor is a divorced father with two middle school aged children. He is armed, but he comes off as mild mannered to the casual observer. I am concerned that if this person has been observing the area and our habits, then he may be thinking that my home is a 'soft' target.
I was hoping to find someone on here with experience in a matter like this. My 3 basic questions are:
-Is it more likely that this person was a saturday night drunk or a psychopath?
-Should I talk to the neighbors about this or do you think it would be unnecessary alarm to them?
-I barricaded my sisters' window tonight with a dresser, because it is easily big enough to enter through. I'm considering not working tomorrow night. How do you balance 'paranoia' and going back to life as normal?
I may be overblowing this whole incident in the wake of the Mickey Shunick kidnapping, but I feel like this incident was a genuine cause for concern. I thank everyone in advance who can give me any advice.
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