{"id":160173,"date":"2026-11-13T02:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T02:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=160173"},"modified":"2026-11-13T02:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T02:34:39","slug":"reporters-notebook-shooting-brings-home-grim-reality-in-the-us-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=160173","title":{"rendered":"Reporter\u2019s notebook: shooting brings home grim reality in the US capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWe were weeks into a three-month assignment reporting from the SCMP bureau in Washington when we heard a shooting just around the corner from our apartment building.<br \/>\nFrom our flat, we often hear trucks going past and loud noise from the ventilation system several storeys below.<br \/>\nBut as we got ready for work at 8am on Thursday we heard something unusual \u2013 \u201cbang, bang, bang\u201d. It was gunfire, and it sounded like it was right outside our apartment.<br \/>\nSoon after, we heard fire alarms, police sirens and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/politics\/article\/3374284\/shooting-close-home-reporters-view-grim-reality-us-capital\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWe were weeks into a three-month assignment reporting from the SCMP bureau in Washington when we heard a shooting just around the corner from&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160173"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}