Posted on 10/28/2021 11:53:24 AM PDT by Enlightened1
An attempt by Austin, Texas, officials to serve a search warrant and provide lawn care resulted in shots fired, an hourslong standoff, a house fire and a death, police said Wednesday.
Police officers and code enforcement officers arrived at a home at 9:16 a.m. to serve a nuisance search warrant, but could not make contact with the resident, Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said at an evening news conference.
The warrant was left at the door and contractors for the city's code enforcement began working on the lawn. About an hour later, the resident started shooting from inside the house, Chacon said.
"And they immediately backed off. They got all of the staff that was working on the house to safety and and a SWAT call was initiated for a barricaded subject," he said.
SWAT, mental health officers and a crisis negotiator arrived on scene, but could not get the man out of the home, leading to the lockdown of a nearby elementary school and the closure of several streets.
"SWAT spent the next several hours trying to negotiate with the individual to just simply come out of the house," Chacon said.
At about 3 p.m., the resident started shooting at officers again. "And because of that immediate threat ... they made entry using a robot," Chacon said.
The robot helped officers determine that a fire had been started in the home, and was quickly spreading, he said. Officers still couldn't get the man to come out of the house as it became fully engulfed in flames.
But then the man exited through the garage with weapons in his hand. "At that time, a SWAT officer shot and struck the resident who went down with a gunshot wound," Chacon said.
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I guess he really didn’t want his lawn mowed.
Another Carl Drega maybe?
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Do what we say, mow your lawn, comply and obey or we’ll kill you!
Problem solved!
This whole episode is tragic and absurd beyond belief. I seriously doubt those involved will learn anything form it. And that’s an even grater tragedy.
“Get off my lawn!”
Classic government over reach
“… Their main goal Wednesday was to get the man in compliance with the local homeowners association.…”
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The local government is now responsible for HOA compliance?
Btw, they sure in hell didn’t need a $100,000 robot to determine the house was on fire.
Seems like this could have been handled better. A life over a lawn??
Texas?
No, Austin....
See, these expensive tax paid robots are needed to let the authorities know the house is on fire. Otherwise they would have never figured it out.
Was the ATF involved again?
I see they made sure to note he was a white man.
So the mental health worker and crisis negotiator couldn’t get this guy to surrender? So much for the leftist train of thought that they’ll work better than police.
Anyhow what the actual f is going on in our society when we force a conflict due to uncut grass?
Something not said, when this is done, after the lawn care, a bill is sent to the homeowner. And failure to pay it may result in a lien on the home.
My Texas ‘city’ lets the grass/weeds/ragweed grow way too much.
So now residents are killed because of a ‘city code’ ???
SHOULD HAVE CALLED SOCIAL WORKER!
“I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.”
Never mind, I see they did call someone.
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