WERE IN DANGER. WELL, YEAH. ABBY, SOME OF THEM HAD TO BE ESCORTED FROM THEIR HOMES BY POLICE SHOTS RANG OUT BEFORE THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED. NOW, WE DON’T KNOW WHO HE IS YET, BUT HE CAUSED A 6.5 HOUR STANDOFF. IT’S CRAZY. I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW I HAD A NEIGHBOR LIKE THAT. IT WAS KIND OF SCARY. MID-AFTERNOON ON LABOR DAY, THIS WOMAN TOLD ME SHE GOT A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. SHE DIDN’T WANT TO BE SHOWN ON CAMERA, BUT SHE’S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCENE OF THE STANDOFF AND I LAID DOWN ABOUT 2:00, AND THEN THEY STARTED BANGING ON MY DOOR AT LIKE 430, SAYING, HEY, YOU GUYS HAVE TO EVACUATE. AND THEY WERE LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE? I’M LIKE, DUDE, I HAVE FOUR KIDS IN MY HOUSE WITHIN MINUTES, SHE FOUND HERSELF BEHIND A WALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY TOOK US OUT AND WALKED US ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END OF THE STREET AND TOLD US WE HAD TO WAIT THERE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. LOOKING BACK ON IT, SHE NOW UNDERSTANDS WHY I THINK THEY MADE US LEAVE JUST BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE IN THE DIRECT LINE OF FIRE. OCPD TELLS US THE LANDLORD OF THE PROPERTY WAS ATTEMPTING TO EVICT THE SUSPECT, BUT THEN THE SUSPECT FIRED AT THE LANDLORD. NO ONE WAS HIT BY THOSE BULLETS, BUT THE SUSPECT REFUSED TO COME OUT OF THE HOUSE DURING THIS TIME. WHILE HE WAS BARRICADED INSIDE, HE SHOT SEVERAL ROUNDS AT OFFICERS. HE CONTINUED TO SHOOT ROUNDS AT OFFICERS AT DIFFERENT MOMENTS, BUT THEN AROUND 1030 MONDAY NIGHT, THE SUSPECT CAME OUTSIDE ARMED. HAD ONE OFFICER DISCHARGED HIS FIREARM. STRIKING THAT PERSON. THE SUSPECT WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL. NOW, THE OFFICER THAT SHOT THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. ALL WE KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECT RIGHT NOW IS THAT HE IS ALIVE AT THE HOSPITAL. BUT POLICE TELL US TO EXPECT MORE DETAI
Neighbor describes evacuations during hours-long standoff in southeast OKC
Police thought neighbors might have been in danger, so they were escorted from their houses by officers.
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Updated: 9:06 AM CDT Sep 4, 2024
Police were involved in an intense Labor Day standoff with a man who they say fired multiple times at officers in a southeast Oklahoma City neighborhood. The situation unfolded Monday afternoon and into the night at a home near Southeast 41st Street and Shields Boulevard. Police thought neighbors might have been in danger, so they were escorted from their houses by officers. "It's crazy. I didn't even know I had a neighbor like that. It's kind of scary," a neighbor who didn't want to be identified said. The woman, who lives across the street from the scene of the standoff, told KOCO 5 that she got a knock at the door. "I laid down about 2 o'clock, and they started banging on my door around 4:30 saying, 'Hey, you guys have to evacuate.' And they asked, 'How many people do you have?' And I said, 'I've got four kids in my house,'" the woman said. Within minutes, she found herself behind a wall of law enforcement. "They took us down to the end of the street and told us we had to wait there until further notice," she said. Looking back at the situation, she understands why the evacuation was needed. "I think they made us leave because we were in the direct line of fire," she said. >> Download the KOCO 5 AppPolice said they responded to a call of a man who had fired a shot at another person. When officers arrived, police said the man barricaded himself inside a home and fired at officers. "During this time when he was barricaded inside, he shot several rounds at officers, and he continued to shoot at officers at different moments," Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said. The standoff, which lasted more than six and a half hours, ended around 10:30 p.m. on Monday when the suspect came outside with a pistol. An officer with the Oklahoma City Police Department's tactical team shot the suspect, who was taken to a hospital. Police have not released the suspect's condition, but said he remains at the hospital as of Wednesday morning. Top Headlines Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing through fence, almost hitting Moore home Online sports betting costs Americans twice as much in retirement, study says Rossen Reports: This gadget will pull every drop from squeeze bottles What a catch! Group brings in 14-foot, 800-pound gator during hunting season Oklahoma sees drastic rise in fentanyl-related overdoses, arrests
OKLAHOMA CITY — Police were involved in an intense Labor Day standoff with a man who they say fired multiple times at officers in a southeast Oklahoma City neighborhood.
The situation unfolded Monday afternoon and into the night at a home near Southeast 41st Street and Shields Boulevard. Police thought neighbors might have been in danger, so they were escorted from their houses by officers.
"It's crazy. I didn't even know I had a neighbor like that. It's kind of scary," a neighbor who didn't want to be identified said.
The woman, who lives across the street from the scene of the standoff, told KOCO 5 that she got a knock at the door.
"I laid down about 2 o'clock, and they started banging on my door around 4:30 saying, 'Hey, you guys have to evacuate.' And they asked, 'How many people do you have?' And I said, 'I've got four kids in my house,'" the woman said.
Within minutes, she found herself behind a wall of law enforcement.
"They took us down to the end of the street and told us we had to wait there until further notice," she said.
Looking back at the situation, she understands why the evacuation was needed.
"I think they made us leave because we were in the direct line of fire," she said.
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Police said they responded to a call of a man who had fired a shot at another person. When officers arrived, police said the man barricaded himself inside a home and fired at officers.
"During this time when he was barricaded inside, he shot several rounds at officers, and he continued to shoot at officers at different moments," Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said.
The standoff, which lasted more than six and a half hours, ended around 10:30 p.m. on Monday when the suspect came outside with a pistol. An officer with the Oklahoma City Police Department's tactical team shot the suspect, who was taken to a hospital.
Police have not released the suspect's condition, but said he remains at the hospital as of Wednesday morning.
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