News from the thrift shop, that a former clerk, beautiful young woman of 36, was shot in the head by her boyfriend.
I'd read about it in the paper, no names so didn't guess who it was, nobody knew but eventually the truth percolated out. That's the thing out here, you're only ever one degree of separation from the news.
Apparently, still in the hospital, 'recovering', although what recovery is like from a gunshot to the head remains to be seen. Perhaps lucky it wasn't fatal, but only perhaps.