The Gate City Bomber
Chapter I. Melvin Municipal
The following story is a work of fiction. The names have been changed to protect… me, Billy Jones, author.
Greensboro Police Chief Jeff Scott, a 20 year veteran of the Greensboro Police Department, pulled into his parking space at the Greensboro Police Department on Federal Place in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. He turned off his car, and stepped out just in time to witness an explosion on the fourth floor at the front of the Melvin Municipal Building, Greensboro’s city hall, just across Washington Street from where Chief Scott was standing.”Son of a bitch!” he shouted as glass and debris flew from the building. “That looks like the Mayor’s office!”
More than a dozen officers ran towards the building as Chief Scott grabbed his phone from his side to call dispatch to get Fire and EMS on the way. Then he called Greensboro Mayor Nancy Stoddard. “Hello,” she answered.
“Are you okay?” Chief Scott asked.
“Sure I am,” Mayor Stoddard answered, “Why wouldn’t I be?”
“Somebody just blew up your office?” Chief Scott replied.
“As in blew up like bombed my office?” the mayor asked.
“As in if there was anyone inside they’re dead,” Scott answered.