“Nevertheless, Craig raised his camera once again and snapped, just as a scared-looking man was hopping down the steps of the halted bus. Then Craig ran, heading for Eats and Take-Away, where he knew there was a men’s room by the telephones.
Craig was back in something under a minute, but by then the action seemed to be over. He hadn’t heard any gunshots. A cop was blowing a whistle. An ambulance had pulled up, but Craig didn’t see anybody who was wounded.
“Take it easy, folks!” yelled a cop whose face Craig knew. “We’ve got everything in hand!”
“I haven’t! They got my handbag!” cried a woman’s voice, shrill and clear.
A June sun boiled down. It was midmorning.
“There were three of ’em!” yelled a man in an assertive way. “You just got two here!”
Craig saw some shirtsleeved police hustling two young men towards a Black Maria.
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