(AP) — James Anderson Sr. remembers exactly what he was doing that Friday afternoon two years ago. A winter storm had come through central Alabama, laying a fresh blanket of snow.

“I was driving through a forest in Alabama, watching it snow, up near Alexander City,” Anderson recalled.

Can you imagine a more peaceful, serene time?

Meanwhile, unimaginable violence was happening 150 miles to the north. Amy Bishop pulled a 9 mm handgun from a bag in a meeting room on the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus and began firing. Three of her colleagues were killed, three were wounded.

James Anderson Sr. is Amy Bishop’s father-in-law.

Sunday marked the second anniversary of the shooting, and he worries about his grandchildren. He worries about his son, Jim Jr. He is disturbed by the behavior of teenagers and grateful for the kindness of adult strangers.

He agreed to an interview from his home near Montgomery with some reluctance, and said half-pleading, half-wishing that “I would hope the media doesn’t show up on (his son’s) lawn with cameras again.”

Certainly, the marking of an anniversary draws more attention to the shooting, and to those on the periphery, who are victims themselves in another sense.

When I asked if the dates brought things back more vividly, or it was a daily reality, he simply and softly said, “Daily.”

The four children of Jim Anderson and Amy Bishop, ranging from 20 years old to fifth grade, have faced “major issues,” Anderson Sr., said.

“Teenagers are probably the most brash individuals there are by nature, and they’ve been very brash toward the teenage daughter,” he said. “It has not been fun.”

He said they “won’t know what the fallout is going to be completely, until after the trial.”

On the other hand, the neighborhood in which the Andersons live has provided almost a universal group hug. Meals have been delivered. Support has been given. When Jim Anderson Jr., had car problems, a neighbor paid for repairs.

“It’s been the good news and the bad news,” the elder Anderson said. “If this had not been in the city of Huntsville, I think it would have been worse. The neighborhood has been very supporting. They’ve bent over backwards to help that family. I don’t think you would see that in a lot of places. You’ve got a different mindset there. It’s kind of hard to put it together, but they live like a family in that neighborhood.

“I did not expect that,” he said. “The fact they have done that, it helps.”

Perhaps it sounds a bit ironic, considering all the circumstances, but Anderson Sr. went out of his way to praise the Huntsville police.

“The city of Huntsville has an excellent police department,” he said. “They had a job to do. They did it well. They did it professionally. You can’t knock the PD for doing their job. They have not brought any unnecessary harm against that family.”

Financially, it’s a struggle. His son isn’t working.

“Poor guy couldn’t get a job if he wanted,” Anderson Sr. said. “If you go to the Web and do research, Amy Bishop pops up every time.”

The family occasionally visits Bishop in the Madison County Jail “but they don’t have any sort of regular schedule,” he said.

That in mind, I asked if they consider moving, to find a fresh start.

“They have,” he said. “But where?

“You can’t get away from the Internet. You can’t get away from people. Once your name comes up, people know who you are.”