How does most of the town react to Tom’s death?

Most Maycomb residents see Tom's death as "typical"..... the opinion of the residents was that is eas a typical thing for black men to try and run away.

Maycomb was interested by the news of Tom’s death for perhaps two days; two days was enough for the information to spread through the county. “Did you hear about?… No? Well, they say he was runnin‘ fit to beat lightnin’…” To Maycomb, Tom’s death was typical. Typical of a nigger to cut and run. Typical of a nigger’s mentality to have no plan, no thought for the future, just run blind first chance he saw.