Colonel Bingham was preparing his report about the raid and trying to find the right words to make the failed raid come out right when he heard the first volley of gunshots. He knew, out of the experience and also, coupled with the fact that he had drummed it into his agents' ears that this was a civilian environment, and that drawing your weapon was only allowed during extreme circumstances. So he had immediately opened his drawer and brought out his Smith &Wesson pistol and then moved to his window to get a view.
Because he was upstairs and had his view obscured, he couldn't see the full picture. But what he saw alarmed him. People were running helter skelter as they tried to get out of the line of fire. A car was completely totaled, and from his viewpoint, he saw that there was blood s
