This happened January 1st a mile from the exit to my town. I was in the Mobil station and heard details of the wreck given by and attendant as she misinformed others there. She talked of a car wreck, a fire, a man wearing a teal shirt who left the scene, and he was a Mexican. He also had blood on him and the local police said if you see him follow him, but stay back away from him so you can't be harmed, then call them and let them know where the man is and they will arrest him. Oh, such hysteria.

The first thing is that police never tell you, the citizen, to follow anyone. The fact that the man who walked away from the scene was named Gomez does not prove he was a Mexican. He may have been born here and raised here. How would anyone have known his last name anyway as he walked away from a burning car leaving the scene of an accident? Then there is that teal shirt. Dammit, speak English. Can anyone say blue green?

Later in the day my neighbor knocked on my door. She has a scanner that is on all the time and this man was reportedly seen in our neighborhood. It just so happened that I had left my shed door open. Since the man from the accident is reportedly trying to hide maybe he might be inside my shed. Yeah, right. With the door open. in the end we have no media report of Gomez being arrested. A lot of confusion here but at least people in my area all try and watch out for each other.