You’re going to probably scoff a bit when I say this, but I’m going to say it anyway. Amarillo can be a very exciting place to live. Ok, go ahead, scoff. Now that you’ve done that, you have to let me explain why I’m saying that.
Yes, it’s not a big city with a million things going on. We have a lot of restaurants and places to shop. Entertainment though? Yeah, a bit limited. However, there is a certain type of excitement that money can’t buy, and that is something we had yesterday.
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Drama On The Loop
Yesterday, August 25, 2025, we had a lot of people start hitting social media saying to avoid the loop and Osage unless you wanted to watch some police drama go down. People were reporting it was a whole scene, complete with SWAT on scene and the area blockaded off.
There was an understandable confusion as to what was going on, because it’s not VERY often we have something like that happen where it seems like there is a manhunt going on.
How It Started & How It Ended
Turns out, it was a 75-year-old gentleman who was initially threatening suicide. Officers were doing what they could to control the situation, and that was when it took a turn…