Herschel Street. Locked down & Swat

[TheCat]

I'm hearing that herschel is blocked off by police, where king connects with herschel and, I think, towards the elementary school, SWAT was seen headed towards the area.

Any word?

[Bill Hoff]

Reports of a guy with a rifle.

[ChriswUfGator]

Got a birds eye view leaving work this evening, definitely something crazy going on. They were clearing the entire block, and ordered all the customers out of European Street.

[Cheshire Cat]

Meth lab bust.  Possible hostage situation.

[Cheshire Cat]

The situation has been resolved.  Will try and get details. 

[TheCat]

thanks everyone,

[McDuff_Mom]

Loads of Fire Rescue going past my house and turning onto King. 

[JayBird]

Kind of a dense area to be hiding a meth lab, thank goodness it was discovered before the geniuses blew the block up. There will be lots of fire personnel, that hazmat cleanup for that stuff is ridiculous.

[Cheshire Cat]

Information now coming down that there was no Meth lab but instead turned out to be a suicidal man. There is apparently an ongoing effort to get him talked down.  It appears the drug lab was a red herring.

[Cheshire Cat]

From JSO:




On Friday, November 22, 2013 the suspect made suicidal and homicidal threats to his wife. The suspect was located at a residence in the 2200 block of Park Street. During the investigation, the SWAT team was called, a warrant was obtained, and the suspect was subsequently taken into custody by the SWAT team.

During the standoff, the suspect was in possession of a firearm and threatened to use it until it was taken from him. The suspect was arrested on the warrant for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. The warrant has a $500,000 bond.

Suspect
Joshua Boatman
White male, 35 years old

[mtraininjax]

As a great side note, the folks at E-Street made their way down to Lola's and proceeded to consume a few hundred bucks worth of beverages that night. So that was great to see that the folks kept it all in the neighborhood for the night. I love Riverside, we don't let some swat or police get in the way of our fun.

[Dog Walker]

If I saw a swat team thundering down the street in front of my dining spot, I would consume a couple of hundreds of dollars worth of beverages by myself, but would have gone to Pele's instead.  Scary!