[lainie]

AP says: "deputies attempted to end the standoff by firing tear gas into the house and assaulting the structure with a huge, mechanized battering ram. They were met with gunfire before the house erupted in flames."

As you all know, it did not happen that way.

"Police scouring the remnants of a house that burned down in a shootout with a suspect in the slaying of a sheriff's deputy found a body they believe to be that of the killer. The partially burned body was found early Saturday near the remains of a burned outbuilding, Deputy Johnie Jones said."

House or outbuilding?

[RGSpincich]

I am hoping that the scanner chatter was not deliberate misinformation to throw off the perp since he had a radio. I would feel so...duped.
Press accounts and scanner accounts definitely don't match up.

[TechJunkYard]

Are the landowners going to get some compensation for the burned structures, or are they going to have to sue and take their chances?

Great thread -- thanks for the ping. Next time our local SWAT team holds a "party", I'll host the thread and the scanner stream.