standoff | USA Newshour https://usanewshour.com Breaking News, Latest headlines, Top Election stories, Photos & Videos Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:12:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://usanewshour.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-icon-150x150.jpg standoff | USA Newshour https://usanewshour.com 32 32 SWAT commander and 4 injured after standoff with a gunman https://usanewshour.com/swat-commander-and-4-injured-after-standoff-with-a-gunman/34264/ Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:12:19 +0000 https://usanewshour.com/?p=34264 SWAT commander dead and 4 others injured after a standoff with a gunman in a West Texas city on Thursday. The suspect was captured just before midnight in Levelland, about 30 miles west of Lubbock. The hour-long standoff started at 1 pm after the suspect hid in a house and fired.

Three of the wounded officers were taken to a Lubbock hospital. Levelland police Sgt. Shawn Wilson was in critically injured but stable condition after surgery. Sgt. Josh Bartlett of the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office was taken to Covenant Health Levelland hospital and died of his wounds, according to a sheriff’s office statement.

]]> Deputy shot, shelter-in-place ordered in Boone neighborhood https://usanewshour.com/deputy-shot-shelter-in-place-ordered-in-boone-neighborhood/21963/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:26:56 +0000 https://usanewshour.com/?p=21963 A standoff situation is still underway after a Watauga County deputy was shot in a local Boone neighborhood on Wednesday, reported the Watauga County Emergency Services

On Wednesday afternoon, the Boone Police Department ordered the residents in the area of Hardaman Circle to “shelter in place” immediately.

The Boone Police stated that they were assisting the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office in the Brown’s Chapel Area of Watauga County with a standoff that is underway. However, there is no information on the condition of the injured deputy till now.

After the incident, the Boone Police department posted on Twitter, “Law enforcement is on the scene in the area. All residents remain in your home with doors and windows closed.”

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