Reply #1: An Interesting Report, Doctor

[The Magistrate]

It illustrates a couple of things well. First, that people in the vicinity of gun-fire have an understandable tendency to conclude it is aimed particularly at them. Second, that it is always wise to keep an open mind concerning the initial reports that emerge from a chaotic situation: history demonstrates that these are often inexact, and frequently so without any malicious purpose, but as a result of understandable confusions.