https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/blog/good-samaritan-rescues-neighbor/
You hear screaming from your neighbors home while you’re cutting the grass. You know nothing about the family as they keep to themselves. All you know is you could hear a woman screaming from the house over the sound of your lawn mover.
I believe that if I heard a lady screaming next door,I would call law enforcement and wait for law enforcement to arrive. It could be anything that could have scared her.
That is a very valid option, @James237!
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I dial 911, any interference from me may cause possible escalation of problem. I’m not so sure I go rushing to the sound of screams unless it’s my wife or possibly a child.
Here is the problem with the what-if game, change one small variable and the entire scenario changes drastically.
You always want clarity of the situation before you decide to get involved or not. Your example proves you have no clarity. You have no idea what is happening. It could be a loud TV for all you know.
My opinion is call 911, place yourself in a position of advantage and be a good witness.
I did not read the article linked.
Two houses down from me 3-4 days ago, it’s about 2:30 A.M. and I am playing a video game, as I am staying up at night, and then I get a few hours sleep, while my wife is awake. I want one of us always awake during this self quarantine.
I hear a young girl screaming “stop it, you’re hurting me”. Now I know the house and that the father is in law enforcement, but recently separated and there are 3 preteen to teen girls living there with there mom. I am not positive I heard what I thought, so I turned game off, and I hear a young girl screaming again “stop you’re hurting me”.
So I woke wife up, told her to get 911 rolling our way. I had my Glock 41 on me and AR inside the door. Stepped out and using my high lumen count light flashed my light over at the house.
Bunch of high school aged kids having a sleepover and acting like idiots, but I’m not willing to step into the Shark Tank for this one as I don’t have enough information. So I wait for 911 tell them who and what to the best of my ability.
The Dad is one of the responding officers. I asked him if I could talk to him alone.
I explained why I had called 911, had my wife verify the girl screaming part, and told him I try very hard not to get involved in my neighbors business, but hearing the girl screaming the same thing for me to be able to hear it over my game while inside my house had concerned me. That when I went out it looked like a party and boys were pushing girls down a slip n slide at 2:30 in the morning.
Police broke it up , did some mild chewing out over social gatherings, and social distancing.
I’m sure the kids that were there think I’m a busy body, but it legitimately worried me when I could hear a girl screaming from 2 houses away and over my game.