Snooping outside the house is how you find out if someone is being held hostage. He may not have wanted to force a hostage situation if it could be avoided.
If someone has a gun drawn on you, and they want to, you'd get out "Police Officer..." and be dead.
More information will come out. No need to rush to judgment here.
27 posted on 10/15/2019 1:18:48 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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