An exciting night...

It was about midnight last night and I was just falling asleep. All of a sudden I heard what I thought were fireworks. I was annoyed, but started to go back to sleep. Then I heard more...and realized it wasn't fireworks but I had heard gunshots! Then I could smell the smoke from the shots in my room! So, because I am smart and cautious, I ran to the window to see what was going on. Other neighbors were starting to look out their windows too. Then more than 15 police trucks and motorcyles went speeding down the street my window looks out on. This street is a one way street and the police were going the wrong way. You could see a few cars trying to get out of the way. At this point more people were looking outside and people started to go out into the streets. So I decided that I wanted to see what was going on too and should go outside like everyone else. Now my window looks out onto one street, but the entrance to my apartment is on another street. As soon as I walked out and looked down the street I could see a HUGE group of cops and people standing at the corner. I wanted to go closer, but I finally decided I shouldn't be completely stupid. So I went over to the office because Claudia and her sister were sleeping there. Claudia said she thought she had heard gunshots but wasn't sure. The office was much more quiet than my apartment was. She went back to sleep and I went back outside. I started talking to a few of the neighbors but no one knew exactly what had happened. Things started to calm down and get less exciting so people started going back inside. I decided to go back and try to get some sleep. This morning I learned that four guys had tried to break into a restaurant or something and it had resulted in a police chase right outside my window. So last night was a pretty exciting night here at Calle Chalcatana.