I know I just wrote last night, but I could not let this wait.Today as we walked down "Amazonas", one of the busiest streets in Quito, we neared the corner of another of the busiest streets called "Patria." There is a very large park on the other side of where we were walking. I looked to our left, and two or three men were running right across our path. I said "Elder, he has a gun." You guessed it, Elder W. took off in a flash. I yelled Elder, get back here. To no avail!
Away in a flash across four lanes of traffic into the park they all ran. As I stood with other on lookers, we heard a gun shot. I later found out that the suspect with the gun turned and fired at Elder W. and the other policeman. I stood for a few seconds thinking, well I know that wasn't my husband shooting, HE HAS NO gun.
As it turned out, the man I saw with a gun was a policeman in plain clothes. He was chasing a "bad guy," actually it turns out to be three bad guys. When they got into the park, Elder W. yelled "Policia, Pare" (police, stop) and the two men did. The crowd then descended on them. In from the left came two more police officers in uniform. Elder W. was still running after the last guy. Of course, Elder W. was chasing the suspect who had a loaded 9mm gun. I really can't explain the procedure the police use when they capture a suspect, which thankfully they did. It is very brutal.
I posted this picture because, although he was not wearing the hat during this incident, he was wearing his long back coat, which was flowing behind him like a cape. His dark sunglasses looked like a mask, Ecuador's answer to "Batman."
As most of you know, I have complete trust in the safety of my husband, he calls upon Angels all the time. I had no fear that he would be hurt. I was actually on my way to a bank when this all evolved, so I went on my way. We met up on the corner with the adrenaline running full bore. Quite an afternoon! Two missions in Quito, two gun battles. What is in store next?
