A CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF A VERY DANGEROUS KIND
4:18PM Wednesday
March 20, 2013
IT HAPPENED DURING TUESDAY'S SWAT SITUATION AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON CONSTITUTION NORTHEAST. APD CHIEF RAY SCHULTZ SAYS POLICE WERE CONCERNED THAT THE TWO MEN IN THE APARTMENT MAY TRY TO BREAK THROUGH A WALL AND GET INTO A NEIGHBORING UNIT. IN FACT, AT ONE POINT, OFFICERS HAD ENTERED THE NEIGHBORING APARTMENT AND CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE CARROLL BROTHERS AS THEY WERE BREAKING A HOLE IN THE WALL. THE OFFICERS HAD TO DEPLOY A FLASH-BANG DEVICE IN ORDER TO SAFELY EXIT THE APARTMENT.
SCHULTZ SAYS DURING THE INCIDENT, OVER 90 PHONE CALLS WERE MADE AND 25 P-A ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE USED IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE BROTHERS TO SURRENDER.
KENDALL CARROLL WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A STATE POLICE SNIPER AFTER HE APPEARED AT A DOOR WITH A PISTOL IN HIS HAND.