My gun is drawn, I'm surrounded by police, they shut down my street, EMT is here

[dogboy]

...looks like my neighbor is in for it.  I saw 2 marked cars behind mine so I went outside only to realize I popped out smack dab in a negotiation of some sort and they had cops everywhere, not just behind me.  Once I realized this wasn't just a traffic violation, I started back peddling, only to hear a cop yell (in a serious cop voice) to the guy in the house, 'don't worry about what he (me) is doing'...

...And then I dipped back inside, locked the doors, and got away from the windows.

[Rupert]

EMT?

Wow Dogboy, its certainly an interesting life you lead.

Down town Shirley common, we had some drunk neighbours before Christmas.




  ........But they didnt succeed in drinking me dry.





....and thats about as hot as it gets here.

[dogboy]

Ok we got choppers... not sure if it's a hostage or just a standoff.

[dogboy]

oh, sorry, EMT = Emergency Medical Team / First responders / Drive around in a bigass truck like ambulance

ok, it looks like a suicide attempt...

Lauderdale police block off neighborhood after reports of suicidal person in home
By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel

5:18 p.m. EST, January 14, 2011

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FORT LAUDERDALE —

Police blocked off part of a neighborhood near Sunrise Boulevard and North Federal Highway Friday evening while they investigated reports of a suicidal person barricaded inside a home.

No additional information was immediately available.

[Rupert]

Sad. I hope I never feel that bad.....  no one should.

[dogboy]

So far it's a stalemate. I assume if they don't push everything will hopefully calm down. Until then, I guess we're all in lockdown.

South Florida...

[DrCool]

A couple years ago there were about 10 cop cars outside my house. Turns out they were after my neighbor for some domestic violence I think. Earlier in the morning (2 or 3 AM) I heard a ton of shouting and then saw a pretty ragged looking woman leave the house and walk down the street.

The cops surrounded the house and were banging on the door and yelling for about 45 minutes before the door was opened. Figured they would have broke down the door before that. All in all it was kind of interesting to watch.

Hope your situation gets resolved quickly.

[dogboy]

A sniper in full tactical gear, with scoped bolt action, just knocked on my door and asked me if I had a ladder to get on my roof because his 'target' was across the street.  He told me to stay in the house away from the windows.

[dogboy]

This shit is going down now

[dogboy]

They are talking through a bullhorn, calling for 'hands up'. They lit up sirens

[dogboy]

5 shots fired.

[dogboy]

7 shots now. Sound muffled 9mm coming from the house.

Then bull horn again but I grabbed my girl and took her into the closet so I can't hear.

Now I guess we wait for either all hell to break loose or an all's clear.

[dogboy]

Sniper just knocked again and said, 'we're all done here, we disconnected your motion sensor lights, you just have to screw the bulbs in' and walked away.

I guess we'll read what happened in the paper.

[4Eyes]

Glad you emerged unscathed DB.

Does this kind of thing happen a lot to you?

[dogboy]

'sometimes trouble follows a man'