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Judi Lynn

(160,472 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2013, 05:27 PM Mar 2013

Washington man killed in shootout after standoff

Source: Houston Chronicle

Washington man killed in shootout after standoff
| March 28, 2013 | Updated: March 28, 2013 3:52pm

HOQUIAM, Wash. (AP) — A 20-hour standoff between police in a Washington coastal town and a man who wounded an officer trying to arrest him on a warrant ended Thursday when the suspect died in a gunbattle with a SWAT team as his house went up in flames.

The armed man had a gas mask and a ballistic helmet, indicating he had prepared for a confrontation, Hoquiam Sgt. Brian Dayton said.

The question is why.

"We have no idea what made the guy take it to such an extreme level," Dayton said. "No reason as to why it escalated."

The 49-year-old man and his 53-year-old wife, whose names were not released, were wanted on arrest warrants out of Sacramento, Calif., for fraud, Dayton said.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Washington-man-killed-in-shootout-after-standoff-4391350.php

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Washington man killed in shootout after standoff (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2013 OP

Here's an idea: Roy Rolling Mar 2013 #1

Volume presscac Mar 2013 #2

Good one Roy Rolling Mar 2013 #5

Couple things... Archae Mar 2013 #3

The article from the Chronicle Berlin Expat Mar 2013 #4

It took me awhile to learn how to pronounce that town... Left Coast2020 Mar 2013 #6

Roy Rolling

(6,908 posts)

1. Here's an idea:

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:32 PM

Mar 2013

"We have no idea what made the guy take it to such an extreme level," Dayton said. "No reason as to why it escalated."

Perhaps he listened too much to "gumment gonna take my guns" radio?

presscac

(15 posts)

2. Volume

Reply to Roy Rolling (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:40 PM

Mar 2013

If he was listening to "gumment gonna take my guns" radio he would need the volume to be up loud as the gas mask and ballistic helmet probably knocks down the db's. . .

Roy Rolling

(6,908 posts)

5. Good one

Reply to presscac (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 10:52 PM

Mar 2013

Archae

(46,301 posts)

3. Couple things...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:48 PM

Mar 2013

Wanted for fraud, and were prepared for a siege.

Anti-government nutcases like the "sovereign citizens."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizens

Berlin Expat

(949 posts)

4. The article from the Chronicle

Reply to Archae (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 08:10 PM

Mar 2013

doesn't say outright, but if I were a betting man, I'd wager he was a sovereign citizen, or at the very least, extremely sympathetic to their beliefs and general worldview.

Left Coast2020

(2,397 posts)

6. It took me awhile to learn how to pronounce that town...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 01:46 AM

Mar 2013

..After working (briefly) in Aberdeen.

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