Submitted by 10inchPen t3_ykvo1i in washingtondc
I just got woken up by the sound of at least multiple helicopters. Any idea what's going on?
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kmhndc t1_iuvbdx3 wrote
Hear it too. Found this on twitter: https://twitter.com/SkyCirclesDC/status/1588073974180691969/photo/1
DonGerrous t1_iuvbeh0 wrote
I assume you mean the one circling over thomas circle right now.
I sleep with my windows open and got jolted awake at like 3:18 to the sound of a series of booms (idk like 5 or 6?). Thought it must be some asshole with fireworks but then like 10 min later I see a bunch of police on the roof of the building across from me with flashlights and now this chopper.
Must have been a gun then? Not sure
10inchPen OP t1_iuvbjy9 wrote
Yeah, I looked out the window and realized it's just one. That's wild though. By what I'm reading, I'm assuming they were gunshots
nothingbutnx t1_iuvbmgz wrote
Same here and they're super loud. Multiple people on Twitter have heard gun shots. But I also heard a lot of helicopter activity around 3-4pm so not sure if that's related
DonGerrous t1_iuvbok8 wrote
Oh. So it was gunshots
DonGerrous t1_iuvbql7 wrote
Yes, my window faces toward that balance gym building so makes sense why it was sooooo loud. Sounded like it was coming from in my apartment
WatercressSuch2440 t1_iuvbslt wrote
At least 12 gunshots I heard and now this helo circling over for at least the last 30 minutes.
69sexterra t1_iuvbyqi wrote
Given the police copter they must've hit someone. 3 am vacant building rooftop meeting in that neighborhood? Sounds like some frank underwood shit.
WatercressSuch2440 t1_iuvcdoe wrote
Or some Nino Brown type shit.
KillroysGhost t1_iuvcgir wrote
That’s just the call of the state bird of Washington, D.C.
Throwaway2theplate t1_iuvw6in wrote
I'd like to know when the proliferation of totally unmarked helicopters started in the DMV. They at least used to have tail numbers. Now it's just a dark color scheme with no ID flying at 100 meters all the time.
smallteam t1_iuvy0im wrote
swampoodler t1_iuvz5bq wrote
They prefer early morning. It’s crisp, quiet, and provides time to prepare for sunrise.
bwood07 t1_iuw0ysu wrote
Oh I thought the state bird was the industrial crane
snowman93 t1_iuw6zdc wrote
We don’t get a state bird, it’s our District Bird.
OctoberCaddis t1_iuwf8fg wrote
If it hadn’t been for that sentry gun, we could have lost her.
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napsnacks t1_iuvb2s5 wrote
Multiple gunshots near Thomas Circle. My neighbor saw someone firing a gun on the roof of the now vacant Balance Gym building.