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Tag: Hostage Situations: Page 9
Special Units
LAPD SWAT Rescues Children After 10-Hour Standoff
Los Angeles police have shot and killed a man they say held his two children hostage for 10 hours in a Baldwin Hills home.
December 11, 2012
Special Units
Tactical Texting Ends Utah Hostage Standoff
SWAT officers with the Roy (Utah) Police Department ended a hostage standoff late Tuesday by sending a series of text messages to the suspect using another man's cell phone.
November 27, 2012
Special Units
L.A. Sheriff's SWAT Team Arrests Machete-Wielding Man
A barricaded suspect who held another man hostage with a machete eventually surrendered after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's tactical unit was called out.
July 15, 2012
SWAT
Domestic Hostage Barricade: The Answer
With this SWAT blog, we're answering a question proposed in the earlier blog, "Domestic Hostage Barricade: What Would You Do?" You told us how you would handle the scenario of a suspect who has taken his ex-girlfriend hostage in a residence. Now, we'll give you the actual outcome from the incident.
June 3, 2012
Special Units
Fla. Mother Kills Children, Self During Standoff
Brevard County (Fla.) Sheriff's tactical deputies entered a Port St. John home Tuesday morning to find a mother and three children dead in a murder-suicide. A fourth child had been fatally shot earlier in the day.
May 14, 2012
SWAT
Domestic Hostage Barricade: What Would You Do?
An ex-boyfriend holds a female hostage at gunpoint as deputies decide whether to enter the house or contain, control, and call SWAT. Tell us how you would handle the situation by adding a comment below.
May 8, 2012
Special Units
Hostages Disarm Gunman After Texas Courthouse Shooting
A gunman who opened fire outside a Beaumont, Texas, courthouse Wednesday was disarmed and taken into custody with the help of hostages he had taken at a nearby business.
March 13, 2012
Patrol
N.J. Cop Shoots, Kills Mall Hostage Taker
An off-duty police officer fatally shot a shoplifter who was holding a hostage at knife point inside Woodbridge Center Thursday evening.
March 8, 2012
Special Units
Calif. SWAT Team Saves Hostage at Bank Robbery
A SWAT officer with the Buena Park (Calif.) Police Department ended a hostage situation Thursday by fatally shooting a suspect who took a hostage while attempting to rob a strip-mall bank.
February 29, 2012
Patrol
Ariz. Cop Shoots, Kills Man Who Endangered Baby
A Scottsdale (Ariz.) Police officer fatally shot a man holding a baby who had threatened two people with a pistol earlier on Tuesday. Officer James Peters, a 12-year veteran with the agency, has been involved in seven shootings since 2002.
February 15, 2012
Special Units
Nevada DA Clears Deputy Who Shot Man on DV Call
Nevada County Sheriff's deputies acted appropriately when they entered a bedroom and fatally shot a man holding a knife to the throat of his fiancee during a tense standoff, District Attorney Cliff Newell has determined.
October 13, 2011
Special Units
Man Holding Woman, Children Hostage In Tucson Motel
Earlier today, officers began negotiating with Luis Felix, 22. Deputies had arrived at the hotel at 2:11 a.m., after a shots-fired call. Felix apparently fired on two bail bondsmen who had attempted to take him into custody.
July 28, 2011
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