I answered back. And there wasn't, not a soul. I figure it was still under two minutes since I first dialed the phone. I continued to scan the whole view, what I could see from my position. Not a car drove by, not a person in view.
Officers are on the scene now.
No ma'am, there isn't anybody in sigh. . . . The first uniformed patrol officer was crouched down low as our eyes met. We startled each other. He had come out from behind the hedge which ran along the sidewalk in front of my small apartment, with his weapon drawn. A big, solid guy with dark hair.