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NORWALK, Conn. As Norwalk Police investigated a shooting Thursday evening in Roodner Court, life went on for the complex's children.
Joshua, a third-grader, said he and his friends Elijah and Isiah like to play detective. They copy James Bond movies each with a label of 005, 006 or 007 and "go around spying on people." They carry toy guns, "find out weird things" and even "got a kid's stuff back one time."
The younger Roodner residents talked against a backdrop of grim-faced Norwalk detectives and patrol officers searching for evidence in a shooting that sent a victim to Norwalk Hospital about an hour earlier.
While police probed for bullet casings and other items that might help them build a case, others interviewed witnesses and searched the buildings in hope of finding the shooter. Parents sat on benches outside the closed building, waiting to go home with their families. A man who knew the victim declined to comment. Wearing a shirt from a local retail establishment, he said he had just arrived home from work and was tired, as he only slept two hours the night before.
It was a scene that seemed to blend in with the more innocent child's play.
Joshua's twin sister, Christina, was happy that a photographer had come along. She needed a portrait of herself for a class assignment.
Jeanette Whitaker, is much older, but also proud of being in school. The Norwalk Community College freshman said she is studying for a management career.
Joshua, as proof of his prowess, pointed out the police officer standing guard just down the path. The officer had a 12-gauge shotgun, Joshua said, proud of his knowledge.
This story was amended at 12:19 p.m.
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