Just got this tip from a friend about a dangerous situation that started on Sunday night. I’m not sure if it has resolved itself yet. It’s from Gridskipper:
…a man became enraged, intoxicated, and fired a gun in his home on 9th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues sparking a police standoff. The shooter, a young man named David, apparently lost it after arguing with friends and family. Despite initial fears that he had taken hostages, he is currently holed up in his home alone. The block is swarming with police personnel including a hostage negotiation team, armored trucks, and a bomb squad robot.
does anyone know anything more about this and how it ended? the swat team was on my roof last night – pretty unnerving.
Yeah, I also live across the street. It was pretty scary. From the announcements over the loudspeaker, it seemed like this was a possible suicide attempt. At one point, they told him to take the gun out of his mouth. They were pleading with him most of the night to come to the window just to let them know he was ok and to drop the gun out the window. Was woken up again around 1:30 a.m. or so to hear them saying that his mother, father and sister were there. They had rigged this phone in a bucket outside his window and were asking to reach into the bucket and call them. I don’t know how it ended. I woke up this morning at 6:30 a.m. and the street was all clear. I would be very curious to find out what happened; I was just really sad to hear this might be a suicide attempt. I hope it all worked out ok.
Watched this out my bedroom window all night…friends and relatives were pleading with the man inside over a block-rocking loudspeaker until at least 3 a.m. There were dogs and SWAT guys on the roof. No sign of the outcome when I left for work this morning. Scary stuff on a very quiet street!