Update (10:00 AM): Caution tape around house, ambulance arrived at house.
Update: Officer is alert and speaking.
A Brandon police officer was wounded this morning during a shootout with a suspect in the Crossgates neighborhood.
A couple got into an argument at 2 AM at their Terrapin Hill Road home in the Crossgates subdivision. A woman called the police and said she was being held against her will. The police quickly arrived. The suspect released the woman after negotiating with the police but then all hell broke loose as residents reported to WAPT over 150 rounds were fired in a shootout. The suspect is probably alive but a Brandon police officer was wounded. Therese Apel reported he was shot in the abdomen but should recover.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving Brandon Police Department that occurred in the early morning hours on June 1st, 2023, at a residence in the Crossgates neighborhood in Brandon, Mississippi.
Officers received a call of a possible hostage situation. When they arrived on scene, the subject fired shots at officers. One officer received significant injuries and has been transported to a local hospital. The involved subject remains barricaded inside the residence with unknown injuries at this time.
MBI is currently assessing this critical incident and gathering evidence. Upon completing the investigation, agents will share their findings with the Attorney General’s Office.
25 comments:
First, they need to kill this scumbag.
Second, it will be interesting to see if there is a history of domestic issues with this guy. If so, it’s just ANOTHER example of how men cannot and should not be let off the hook with any battery or abuse towards women.
That dude will not be leaving the house with air in his lungs.
Or vice versa, Einstein at 8:50.
150 rounds were shot. They are lucky the whole county wasn’t shot. Another good reason to move back to Jackson.
Terrible. Used to be such a nice area.
This entire neighborhood is rental houses nearly. My neighbor in Ne Jackson has one in that neighborhood and he told me after Katrina they were soaked up with rentals.
Heard it was actually a Madison PD SWAT Team member.
If that shooter doesn't exit the house feet first, someone is not doing their job correctly.
It's still a nice area. You can't predict when or where domestic violence will happen. It happens at every level of income or status.
There's nothing wrong with the area. One mentally unhinged man does not mean a neighborhood is bad.
Brandon is lost.
Domestic disputes seem to be incredibly dangerous for police safety.
Don't claim to be perfect, but I do find it upsetting...the amount of co-dependant, dysfunctional marriages out there that people stay and in and allow it to get this bad.
10:06, it's not just marriages that are affected. We see many of these domestic problems come up between dating and cohabitating couples, ex's (If I can't have you nobody will have you), other family members, etc. Many times fueled by ETOH/Other substances and Social Media.
It is not just sad and dangerous to the participants, but as one writer stated, can be very dangerous for LE/EMS.
I say, bring on the SW and Psychologists.
Suspect is deceased per radio traffic.
Police get killed or shot in many instances with domestic disputes. Most of the time the husband is crazy as an out house rat and just shoots anything and everything. If I were police I would stop responding to them unless I had the SWAT team with me.
2nd officer shot, suspect eliminated.
If there is a history of domestic violence or anger management issues, that a$$hole should not have been allowed to own guns.
I don't disagree 10:35.
But I do like to look at big picture too before asking the government to get involved.
I am a female. Let's say I accuse my spouse of abuse. Or fabricate stories of his anger issues. In the era of believe all women, facts don't seem to matter. The accused is now 'not allowed to own guns' by law.
I wish this asshole did not have guns.
But I am clearly far less impressed with our government;s track record than you.
I do know that I wish humans were decent, responsible moral beings and I wish this fallen hero had not been murdered by a lunatic that was able to own a gun.
Curious here- is this a rental house.
The entire area is not soaked up in rentals. I've lived there 18 years and most on my street are owned. Yes, Conrex bought up a lot (and others), and we all hate it, but they pay asking price and gouge the renters.
Background checks on renters do not include psychiatric testing, so there's no way to predict a DV outcome.
This house was supposedly owned by the female victim's mother. It's not a rental house.
Was he holding a hostage? Curious why the need to storm the house unless there was another person in danger inside. Maybe that was the case, or they were unsure.
@11:27 AM -- No one said they should be taking someone's guns away based on hearsay. However, if there is a history of violent behavior, there should be a litany of complaints, arrests, and/or convictions, which could certainly have an impact in supporting it. Many states have instated red flag laws, which requires a case be brought before a judge. Friends and family can take the damn guns away, or at least support the efforts for legal action. Unless he was a hermit, there are people who knew this asshole had a short fuse.
Prayers for the Brandon officer who was shot.
Again, I am not anti gun control and I welcome red flag laws, 1:48.
And you make a very valid point, that his friends and family should have lobbied to restrict his access to weapons if he had a short fuse.
But you being disingenuous if you think some political leaders would have a problem with gun removal based solely on hearsay.
I would be all for sensible gun laws. I am just not aware of many sensible policy makers.
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