WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — A domestic violence suspect is in custody after he refused to give himself up to police as they surrounded a Wyoming home Wednesday evening, taunting them and shouting profanities.
The standoff began around 4 p.m. at a home on Roos Avenue off Burton Street SW, west of Clyde Park Avenue. Roos, a dead-end street. Shortly after 12 a.m. Thursday, the man was in custody and no one was hurt.
The Wyoming Department of Public Safety says the suspect was believed to be armed with a long gun.
Over the course of a few hours, the man kept coming out of the house, but not to surrender. Instead, he would yell at officers. He told them he didn’t do anything wrong, swore at them and at one point demanded they shoot him.
Wyoming Standoff: Suspect emerged again… Swearing, taunting, but won’t give up. “Shoot me!” he said. He said he did “nothing wrong”. pic.twitter.com/4qdNMAM5Gv— Leon Hendrix (@LeonHendrix) January 31, 2019
At one point, officers fired what appeared to be nonlethal bean bag rounds at the man. As he retreated back into the house, they told him they weren’t leaving.
VIDEO: Police shoot suspect with apparent bean bags. He retreats back into the house again. “We’re not going to go away,” police say over loudspeaker. @WOODTV pic.twitter.com/aaOb0m0RBq— Leon Hendrix (@LeonHendrix) January 31, 2019
Later, the suspect told police to be quiet after officers set off a flash-bang and then blared their sirens.
Neighbors said a fight involving a gun or guns prompted the incident.
Standing in the bitter cold, officers had their guns drawn and an armored vehicle was called in.
Police command bus, additional SWAT unit arriving on scene of potential barricaded gunman in Wyoming. @WOODTV pic.twitter.com/XgDq9M2Olv— Leon Hendrix (@LeonHendrix) January 30, 2019
Neighbors on the street were told not to leave their homes.
