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No reporter likes being sent to dangerous crime scenes... at the end of their shift... in the rain. Our colleague, Sandy Mazza, took on such a task yesterday when word broke late in the day of the officer-involved shooting in Wilmington. While waiting for the officials to officially say what officially happened, Sandy did what any reporter on such an assignment should do: tried to get some comments from witnesses or family members to add to her story.

While we're all used to negative responses from the members of the public, she got a bit more than she bargained for when one man she approached dropped the F-bomb on her, called her and all the news media "punk-ass bitches," then briefly lifted his shirt to flash the gun snuggled securely in his waistband. Another guy made a slashing motion on his throat to her and the other reporters.

Despite being pretty shaken up, Sandy hung in there to get the official word from the officials.