Little Misunderstanding - Part V

The next few minutes were pretty intense by anyone’s account. It seems that there was activity all around me. The sniper fire was coming from several points on the horizon but didn’t seem to be accomplishing much other than keeping all of the security folks pinned down and the press scrambling for cover. The shots seemed random in their source and target.
Across town, the camera crew I had left there had captured a hasty exit by the starlet with her mystery man. They were in the process of uploading the film to the studio for editing and potential inclusion in the nightly news broadcast within the entertainment segment of the programming.
The crew had uploaded the film segment blindly without actually viewing what they captured themselves. If they had, they might have recognized that the man that was accompanying the starlet had the look and countenance of our senator.
The two of them had managed to reach the limo that the starlet had arranged for and was headed off to points unknown.
The sniper fire stopped back at the legislature as suddenly as it started. We all remained hidden behind post or pillar for a few more minutes before we had the assurance in our minds that it was safe to do so. The security folks pulled out all their radios and I could tell by the sounds of the approaching sirens that emergency responders would soon be arriving. I got the crew mobilized and we started a live feed to report on the shooting.
“This is a live feed from the state legislature building. We have just been the victims of some random shooting from what appears to be several snipers working in consort. It is unclear as to their motives and it’s also unknown as to how many injuries or casualties were incurred as a result of these actions.” I droned into the waiting cameras maw.
“More details will be forthcoming as we learn more of the results of these actions.” We sent that along while I then turned my attention back to the folks we left at the hotel. I had the sinking feeling that there was more to meet the eye with the goings on at that location.
Boswell said that it didn’t seem like there was much of a robbery in the lobby but that the crew thought that there was really something strange about the back door exit of the starlet and the mystery man. Not sure but it seemed that the limo that they got into on the outskirts of the hotel parking lot had federal government plates on it. This is part of the feedback they got from the footage that they captured and had already relayed back to the station.
Our affiliate back in Virginia / Washington DC area had sent a crew to the Senator’s townhouse looking to et some kind of statement from his wife who had, thus far, remained silent on these recent events. Of course we were all hoping that stance would change now.