City Edition
Tacoma, Washington
Reported from the Midnight Edition · The Last False Alarm
Reported from outside Tessa Lowe's apartment—where Arnie Price's Honda alarm had trained the block to ignore it until he died reaching for the dash at 1:42 a.m.
Notices Filed Here
- Arnie Price — Silver Net Diner line cook whose malfunctioning Honda alarm had trained neighbors and Tessa Lowe to ignore it—he died in the driver’s seat while it sounded for eleven minutes after his kitchen shift.
Objects Recovered
- blue 1998 Honda Accord alarm
- two egg rolls wrapped in foil
Motifs
- malfunctioning signals
- neighbors who learn to ignore