Police Arrest Fresno Man After 7-Hour Standoff Ends Peacefully

by Elizabeth Warmerdam , October 11, 2012

FRESNO – After seven hours on Wednesday, Fresno police officers, negotiators and SWAT team members were able to get a man who had barricaded himself in his house in southeast Fresno to drop his gun and exit his home.

Corner of Dee Ann and Harwood

Police were called to the home at Dee Ann and Harwood avenues near Butler and Temperance avenues around 12:30 p.m. A friend of the still unidentified man in the home asked police to check on him. Neighbors also heard shots fired from the home.

Fresno police officers and SWAT team members evacuated the homes immediately next to the armed man’s home and then surrounded the home. Before they arrived, the man had shot several rounds from his shotgun outside his two-story house. After the police arrived, he fired off a few more shots inside the house, but not at the officers.

“No one has been injured and he has not been injured,” said Lt. Mike Doyle with the Fresno Police Department.

Negotiators attempted to talk the 40-year-old man out of his house for seven hours. Finally, around 7:40 p.m., the negotiators were able to convince the man to put down his gun and exit the home.

“They did a fantastic job talking with him and got him to actually walk on out of the house and sit down and make contact with the SWAT officers, so it ended in a positive manner,” Lt. Mike Doyle said.

Officers took the man into custody. Investigators then went into the house to look for additional evidence..

“We will now conduct an investigation and get him the help that is needed,” Doyle said.

Police are still trying to determine what caused the man to become so distraught and are working with his family to get him some help. He will undergo a psychological evaluation and faces several felony charges, including negligent discharge of a firearm and making criminal threats.

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Elizabeth Warmerdam

Beth Warmerdam is a freelance journalist based out of Reedley. She graduated from Fresno State in 2004 with a BA in print journalism and has worked for several newspapers and magazines. In addition to writing, Beth enjoys being a stay-at-home mom, trying to keep up with her 2-year-old son, Zachary.