Barricaded Subject

Near the end of the shift the other day the dispatcher came on the radio and asked for officers to go to a closed restaurant in town to meet a man who said his adult son had assaulted him, was suicidal and walking around with guns.

An officer went to meet him and several officers including myself went to the house. We sat up a perimeter on the house but did not attempt to contact the man inside because of the guns.

After some time our SWAT team was assembled and tried to deliver a phone so the guy could communicate with us. As they delivered the phone I heard shots being fired. The guy was shooting at the SWAT team! They were able to deliver the phone and back off without any injuries.

The standoff lasted about 17 hours with the guy shooting several times. When he was finally taken into custody he had to be shot with bean bag rounds and a taser. Fortunately no one was injured.