Early Monday morning a man from the gas company knocked on a door of a home about 1/2 mile from me. He was met at the door by a man around 50 years old with a rifle and told to get off property. ... The Gas man went to his truck and called the police.
That is what began a 29 hour stand off with our police department and a mentally ill former soilder who was what they call a "doomsday prepper. what is that you say.. it is someone who heavely arms himself with supplies, weapons, and amunition.thinking one day our government would try to take away our freedoms and establish a new nation.
The negotiations began. 4 armored swat trucks, and specially trained policemen from several countys, and the state capitol. Over the next 28 hours the man fired at the police to try to kill as many as he could 70 plus times. he injured no one. He was using armor piercing bullets. and shot up several police cars. and some bullet holes in the armored swat trucks. The police talked to him begging him to come out, then they used fire hose to flood his basement where he was and had previously built a bunker.. Through out this time they would send off flash bangs so loud they could be heard for about a mile. The near by residents that were home were evacuated. Helicoptors over head, media tv , newspapers FBI Homeland Security.etc camped out. giving the man room yet no room to escape. Constantly talking to him.. this continued on throughout the night.
We have a little gal about 24 years old who is a reporter for our small town newspaper. She kept us the public informed with the goings on through her twitter phone account. Sending out quick reports of what was happening some times seconds apart somtimes every 10 minutes. Very professional. I hope she gets an award she did an excellent job of reporting and also stopping rumors that were traveling the facebook and other news sources. I must say our police did everything that could be done to talk this man down and out of his home. He would not listen.
Finally about 11:30 am this morning it was decided they would have to go in after him. So they rammed the house side wall. and a military sniper was called upon to shoot the man. He was shot in the head and is now dead...
I have seen such things on tv programs and on the news. But never thought about it happening here. We just never know who is living around us, I thank God none of our policemen were injured and I ask for prayers for them for healing from the trama they faced these officers cared what was going to happen to this fella... They two didn't want it to end this way... But they did their job and did it well while facing the chance that they might be hurt or die. Well done officers..
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