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Hestia

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Sun Sep 8, 2013, 06:59 PM Sep 2013

107-year-old Arkansas man dies in shootout with S.W.A.T.

107-year-old Arkansas man dies in shootout with S.W.A.T.
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (KTHV) - A 107-year old Pine Bluff man died Saturday after a shootout with officers and S.W.A.T. members. The Pine Bluff Police Dept. released the following information about the incident on Saturday evening.

"On September 7, 2013, at approximately 4:25 p.m., Officers of the Pine Bluff Police Department responded to a disturbance at 1411 W. 16th.
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S.W.A.T. was able to insert a camera into the room, where Isadore was, and confirmed he was armed with a handgun. S.W.A.T. inserted gas into the room, after it was evident negotiations were unsuccessful, in hopes Isadore would surrender peacefully. When the gas was inserted into the room, Isadore fired rounds at the S.W.A.T. officers that had inserted the gas from outside a bedroom window.

Shortly afterwards, a S.W.A.T. entry team, inside the residence, breached the door to the bedroom and threw a distraction device into the bedroom. Isadore then began to fire on the entry team and the entry team engaged Isadore, killing him.

http://www.thv11.com/news/article/278849/2/107-year-old-Arkansas-man-dies-in-shootout-with-SWAT
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Wow!? I wonder if he was pissed at caregivers (there's been a lot of people ripped off by caregivers in PB, had to help a man get Medicare, Meals on Wheels, etc. because he had been cleaned out by his caregiver) and had enough. Or has dementia and in his confusion, this is how it plays out? Again, wow!?

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107-year-old Arkansas man dies in shootout with S.W.A.T. (Original Post) Hestia Sep 2013 OP
Very sad. nt Live and Learn Sep 2013 #1
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