04-13-2012, 01:05 PM
RIP
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MODESTO, Calif. -- A sheriff's deputy and another man trying to serve an eviction notice at a Modesto apartment complex were shot dead Thursday morning by a man who holed up and began an 11-hour standoff, surrounded by a battalion of SWAT teams.
At 10 p.m., there were reports of a fire on the second floor of the two-story unit. Firefighters reportedly could not respond because of the danger.
About an hour earlier, a team of four officers, quickly followed by two more, rushed in on the apartment. Loud bangs from concussive devices could be heard from down the street. Officers used loud speakers to communicate with a man they called "Jimmy," asking him to "pick up the phone" and assuring him he would not be harmed.
No one came out.
Earlier in the afternoon, officers broke the windows of the apartment with bean bags, then shot tear gas into the unit.
The standoff began right after the shootings occurred about 11 a.m. Dozens of neighbors were evacuated to a nearby church.
About 6:30 p.m., the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department identified the deputy killed as Robert Paris, 53, a 16-year veteran of the force. The other victim's name was being withheld pending notification of his relatives.
A man who lives nearby the shooting site and did not give his name said the deputy and the man with him apparently were drilling through the lock on the apartment door in the 2100 block of Chrysler Drive when the suspect fired at them from inside.
suspect dead in fire
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MODESTO, Calif. -- A sheriff's deputy and another man trying to serve an eviction notice at a Modesto apartment complex were shot dead Thursday morning by a man who holed up and began an 11-hour standoff, surrounded by a battalion of SWAT teams.
At 10 p.m., there were reports of a fire on the second floor of the two-story unit. Firefighters reportedly could not respond because of the danger.
About an hour earlier, a team of four officers, quickly followed by two more, rushed in on the apartment. Loud bangs from concussive devices could be heard from down the street. Officers used loud speakers to communicate with a man they called "Jimmy," asking him to "pick up the phone" and assuring him he would not be harmed.
No one came out.
Earlier in the afternoon, officers broke the windows of the apartment with bean bags, then shot tear gas into the unit.
The standoff began right after the shootings occurred about 11 a.m. Dozens of neighbors were evacuated to a nearby church.
About 6:30 p.m., the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department identified the deputy killed as Robert Paris, 53, a 16-year veteran of the force. The other victim's name was being withheld pending notification of his relatives.
A man who lives nearby the shooting site and did not give his name said the deputy and the man with him apparently were drilling through the lock on the apartment door in the 2100 block of Chrysler Drive when the suspect fired at them from inside.
suspect dead in fire