Massachusetts officials reveal cause of hourslong 911 system outage The Massachusetts State 911 Department has determined the cause of Tuesday’s statewide 911 system outage. The interruption to the 911 system was first reported around 1:15 p.m. and the public was unable to place 911 calls until about 3:15 p.m. when the outage was resolved, according […]
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Cahokia Heights hours-long standoff ends
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. – The scene of a standoff involving Cahokia Heights Police has cleared late Tuesday night with no sign of an individual police were looking for. Nearby residents of Lake Drive and North 73rd Street say there was a dispute involving a dog, and a gunshot may have been fired. Police blocked the […]
Tense hours-long hostage drama in Brooklyn check cashing store ends peacefully
A hostage situation at a Brooklyn check cashing store by a lone gunman ended peacefully Saturday night after a few tense hours after the gunman surrendered. Police said the gunman entered the money transfer store- check cashing and money exchange store about 7:45 p.m., initially posing as a customer, then announced a robbery, displaying a […]
Suspect dead after hours-long SWAT standoff in Tarzana
A shooting suspect is dead after an hours-long SWAT standoff in Tarzana Saturday. Police responded to reports of a man firing shots near Victory Boulevard and Sylvia Avenue at around 2 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The armed suspect later barricaded himself inside a home on the 19200 block of Victory Boulevard, […]
Hours-long SWAT standoff ongoing in Sidney neighborhood; Suspect wanted for deadly stabbing
Police and SWAT teams have spent over eight hours outside of a home in Sidney, trying to take a homicide suspect into custody. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, police arrived at a home in the 400 block of Second Avenue in the early morning hours to serve an arrest warrant on a […]
Man arrested after hours-long standoff in Dickson County
DICKSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – A man was arrested after an hours-long standoff Friday evening in Dickson County. Sheriff Tim Eads told News 2 the standoff happened on Hummingbird Drive and ended peacefully. 📧 Have breaking come to you: Subscribe to News 2 email alerts → The man was wanted on warrants out of a different county […]
‘We’re stuck;’ Downed power lines cause hours-long closure on busy interstate
Interstate 75 through Butler and Warren counties was closed for more than four hours Tuesday. Around 6:30 p.m., severe weather knocked live power lines down across I-75 in Monroe, according to a Lebanon Post Ohio State Highway Patrol dispatcher. The interstate was blocked from SR-63 in Monroe and Lebanon to SR-129 in Liberty Township, according […]
Homicide suspect in custody after hourslong standoff, police source says
Homicide suspect in custody after hourslong standoff, police source says A homicide suspect was taken into custody Wednesday after an hourslong standoff in a Steele Creek neighborhood, a source said. A police source told Channel 9 officers were looking for a homicide suspect. Neighbors said they saw someone being taken into custody. ALSO READ: SWAT […]
1 in custody after hours-long police standoff in Kansas City, Kansas: police
Kansas City, Kansas Police have taken one person into custody following a 3-and-a-half hour standoff on Tuesday evening, police said. Officers responded around 4:15 p.m. to the 2600 block of Armstrong Avenue in order to execute a search and arrest warrant. Police said several people willingly came out of the residence after the officers arrived, […]
Gas used on armed man during hours-long standoff, Richland County sheriff says
An armed South Carolina man who barricaded himself inside his Midlands home during an hours-long standoff was arrested early Sunday morning, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Bryce Locklear, 30, was charged with aggravated breach of peace after law enforcement used gas to force him out of his Richland County home, the sheriff’s office […]
Family of homeowners wondering what sparked hours-long police raid at Gwinnett County home
A 14-hour-long police raid in Gwinnett County to someone being taken away in handcuffs on Monday night. News Drone 2 flew over the scene in Gwinnett as investigators worked to get the situation resolved. Investigators were seen collecting truck-loads of evidence and taking someone away in handcuffs from a home on Kay Morgan Road outside […]
Hourslong standoff in Cambridge ends peacefully with man in custody
Authorities responded to a Cambridge home for a report of a barricaded subject Thursday afternoon. Police say a report of a domestic dispute in the area of Fenno and Sherman Street prompted officers to surround the home around 1:30 p.m. After hours of negotiating, officials were finally able to make contact with the suspect around […]