 What caused Judy's yelling to be ignored by the gangs in the schoolyard?
The man who had first spoken herded the tellers, Mr. Featherhall and the customers all over against the back wall, while the second man stayed next to Mr. Anderson and the door. He then allegedly poked her in the eye, and locked her out of the bedroom. At about ten-fifteen, neighbors heard shots from the Higgins residence, a two-story one-family pink stucco affair in the middle of a block of similar homes. Mrs. Stodbetter, wounded and scared out of her wits, raced screaming out the front door of the house, crying for the police and shouting, "Murder! The police fired tear gas shells at the house, but it was a windy day and all the windows in the Higgins house were either open or broken.
 They couldn't hear her over their own hollering because of the intense cold weapons and jackets.
 The surprise of the kids who showed up in costumes trying to return home.  They were already fighting and failed to hear her over the shouting.  They couldn't hear her over their own hollering because of the intense cold weapons and jackets.  They were too distracted by the approaching police lights.