Dallas SWAT: Barricaded Felon Pulled From The Attic After HOURS Long Standoff | A&E

The patrol was attempting to inspect a

felon

y warrant for a suspect. When the patrol car stopped at his house, the suspect ran inside his house. He

barricaded

himself and the patrol formed a perimeter and called SWAT. Show me the house. It's... it's not this one. It's the one right in front, there. Right now, I'm acting as a perimeter officer to make sure he doesn't come out the back of the house. Well, according to your information and what you're going to tell me, he was a criminal, he got caught with a gun, he got a five thousand dollar bond, and now he's breached the five... bail bond, and that's why he took out the court order.

MISTY VANCUREN: I don't know much. I know he has a warrant for his arrest for some type of weapons charge. I'm part of the entry team, and if we decide to go after the guy, I'll be part of that team that goes in. See that window B1? That's a water heater. You have something there that doesn't be

long

on a water heater, so it could be a shooting platform. And then window B2, you've been looking at that blue thing over there. At the back of his house, he has a porch with an opening to the

attic

with all his weapons in the

attic

.

In the fourth window, he has a bow prepared for hunting, so I assume it has heads on it, which would practically pierce our vest. WILLIAM HUMPHREY: Well, we have a couple of phone numbers with the cell phone. If we can get him to talk to us on a cell phone, we will. VOICEMAILBOX: Sorry, that voicemail is full. Please call again later. Bye bye. Okay, well, we can't use his number. We can't even leave a phone number because your mailbox is full. Our command post has a phone that we actually physically throw into the structure to try to establish a negotiation or communication.

It's starting to turn into night, so light is a problem for us. If we stay behind the light, anything in front of that light will be blinded from seeing what is behind it, therefore we gain the element of surprise. We need to get rid of that light, because I can't see any of those windows. OFFICER: It's the Dallas Police Department's SWAT team. We have the house completely surrounded. We don't want anyone to get hurt. You must come to the back door with your hands up and you will be given instructions on what to do. Out. You will not be armed.

It seems that they are now preparing to roll out the mobile phone. OFFICER: We have put a telephone on him. You need to answer the phone. J.D. BYAS: So far, we haven't been able to get any communication. OFFICER: Do what's right for your family. If not for yourself, do it for your family. At least answer the phone and talk to us. J.D. BYAS: He doesn't answer his cell phone. Does not respond to speaker. He doesn't answer the phone. What we are going to do now is finish by putting gas in the house. Is that my gas gun?

J.D. BYAS: We've tried to do everything we can to get some kind of response like this, and we've had nothing. So what we're doing now is sending out our team to see if we can find it. Four of us are going to enter through the baker's side door, which is the back door. And we're going to do a slow search and search... room by room. Ok I have it. We are ready to enter. Are you ready? OFFICER: Yes, are you okay? OFFICER: Good. MISTY VANCUREN: I'm with you. I'm with you. Keep going. Okay, do you want to fix the closet first?

J.D. BYAS: I understand the house is messy. MISTY VANCUREN: Is there a way to get into those boards behind that? There are a million places he could be hiding, so they're making sure to leave no stone unturned. Can you see that corner down there? Our entry team has been looking for this structure for a while now. There's still no sign of any suspects, however, they recovered a couple of rifles in the... inside the house. But he didn't just disappear, did he? OFFICER: We have been here in total about six

hours

. They're in the process of searching the penthouse right now.

It is also the most dangerous. The first part of your body to pass through the attic opening is your head. This guy has guns and can shoot the first thing he sees. Is within. Is here. We have it. Keep your hands extended in front of you. OFFICER: I have somewhere to go. Back it up. Back it up. Back it up with me. Back it up-- OFFICER: Got it, 71. Suspect is in custody at 11:15. I have it. WILLIAM HUMPHREY: He endured a lot of gas, he endured a lot of searches, and he remained a secret for a

long

time.

Very, very unusual. MISTY VANCUREN: He was in a cubicle, like you had to crawl through two different things to get back there. Yes, Scotty had to take everything off to crawl there. OFFICER: To get in there? MISTY VANCUREN: Yeah. What, what's the deal? I have an arrest warrant. That right behind a court order? Yeah. Damn, dude. Have you been up there the whole time? Yes sir. Hey, how was it with the gas? How did you handle it? oh really. I covered my mouth. He's kicking my ass, man. But it turns out that he had been gassed in prison before.

He's used to it, so he knew we were here. He knew why we were here. And he played the game. Turns out he lost.