Chapter 62

“Do you have any idea where Officer Rommel is? What he’s doing? Do you think he needs Sam? I know the dog isn’t released for duty yet, but he thought he should be here…convinced me of it, in fact.”

The shorter and younger of the two cops shrugged. “I’m not sure. There hasn’t been much communication the last half-hour or so. I heard some guy didn’t think his wife or kid was getting taken care of right and kind of went loco. He got a couple of nurses at gunpoint and barricaded him and them into a room, making demands. I think Rommel and some of the SWAT guys are trying to talk him out without anybody getting hurt. The sergeant just told us not to let anyone in since we really aren’t clear what’s behind all this. The guy may be trying to get drugs or something and just used the alleged family member as a pretext.”