
Deadly force
Deputies shot and killed a man after a two-hour standoff that started as domestic violence call. The suspect's wife called 911, telling the dispatcher her husband was drunk and had tried to choke her. The woman also gave the dispatcher an essential piece of information--there were several weapons inside the home.Deputies heard a gunshot as they arrived on the scene and immediately called SWAT and started trying to negotiate with the suspect. Those negotiations went on for two hours. At that point, according to MCSO, things went south.the suspect, armed with what "appeared to be" an assault rifle," started firing at deputies. The deputies returned fire, killing the man.
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