By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer
Monday, January 24, 2011
A woman watches from a picture window at a home along 37th Street S between 29th and 30th avenues Monday as gunfire was heard popping from the nearby house at 3734 28th Ave. S.
ST. PETERSBURG — Some neighbors woke up to the sound of gunfire, others to the crescendo of sirens that followed.
"More units, more units," said Reggie Jackson, 23, who lives on 36th Street S. "Every 10 or 15 minutes."
Officers descended by the dozens on the neighborhood from where the words "officer down" had gone over the police radios.
The crisis affected bus service to and from schools. Nearby, Thurgood Marshall Middle School was placed on lockout and lost power for about an hour. Dim backup lights went on in classrooms and the hallways.
Principal Dallas Jackson called parents twice, first to alert them to the situation ...