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Andres “Andy” Gonzalez
United States · Aged 27 · Died 06/12/2012
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Deadly force
Andres "Andy" Gonzalez reportedly entered Thiele Pharmacy and Gifts with guns, demanded drugs and barricaded himself inside. Gonzalez took the pharmacy's owner, Charles Lierk, hostage, and held police at bay for the next 14 hours. SWAT officers stormed an adjoining building and then exchanged 30-40 rounds with Gonzalez. Gonzalez was killed in the shootout. Lierk was shot in his right arm. APD officers Kirk Felker and Matt Shannon, and trooper Tim Flick were also wounded. Police later found the body of Gonzalez's father, Larry Gonzalez, 62, in his home. During the standoff, Gonzalez also reportedly confessed to murdering Josh Bullock the previous December
Alleged responsible partyNebraska State Patrol, Alliance Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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