I was at my sister and brother in laws on New Years Eve about 25 years ago. My BIL shot off some fire works at midnight, we went back inside continued our party. The phone rang about a half hour later saying it was the Norman PD (yeah, they lived in that shit town) and we all need to come out front with our hands up there were reports of shots fired. My BIL had a neighbor who always played pranks, and we assumed this was him, so we blew it off. They called again, assured us it was no joke. Their house had no front facing windows and the front door was shut, so we couldn't look out to see. As soon as we opened the front door we could see several cops with guns drawn pointing, we got the fuck out there shoved to the ground frisked etc.. This was back when most people had land line phones. I assume it was standard procedure to call first? Anyway, that all could've went sideways in a hurry. If we were in a different neighborhood I guarantee if would've went down differently. CSB.