Police: Suspect shot following SWAT standoff in Covington
Updated: 12:43 AM EDT Jun 18, 2021
THE -- MIKE: SHOTS FIRED AT POLICE AND NEIGHBORS TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA. I’M MI DKEARDIS. SHEREE: AND I’M SHEREE PAOLELLO. A TENSE SITUATION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN A NORTHERN KENTUCKY NEIGHBORHOOD. MI: KE THIS IS ALL UNFOLDING ON FRAZIER STREET IN THE LATONIA AREA OF COVINGTON. WLWT NEWS 5’S DAN GRIFFIISN LIVE AT THE SCENE TO BRING US THE LATEST ON WHAT’S GOING ON. N.E LATEST ON WHAT’S GOING ON. THERE’S PLENTY GOING ON TINHE LAST 10 MINUTES. DAN: MIKE AND SHEREE, IT HAS BE AEN VERY TENSE SITUATION, QUITE EMOTIONAL. NEIGHBORS ARE SITTING ON ETH STREET WATCHING THIS PLAY OUT, I WILL STEP OUT OF THE SHOT SO YOU CAN GET A LIVE LOOK, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT IS SET APPEAR FOR SWAT, THE FLASHING LIGHTS STILL GOING AND PLENTY OF OFFICERS ALL AROUND THE AREA. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LESSON TO ALL OF THE COMMOTION THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE AND HEARING RIGHT NOW. [INDISCERNIBLE] DA THAT IS THE SOUND WE KEEP HEARING OVER AND OVER, SWAT IS ON THE SCENE AND MANY POLICE DEPARTMENTS MANGKI CALLS TO THE SUSPECT IN BETWEEN WTHA APPEARED TO BE FLASHBANGS AT THE HOME INVOLVED. THE SUSPECT HAD BEEN FIRING SHOTS AT POLICE DAN OFFICERS TAKING COVER, THIS IS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME, MULTIPLE AREAS BLOCKED OFF BY CRIME TAPE AS PEOPLE TRY TO KEEP EVERYONE AT A SEAF DISTANCE. WE TALKED TO A MAN WHOAN C’T KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE, HE DESCRIBED SOUNDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HE IS IN THE HOME ACSSRO THE STREET AND HE WAS HIT BY AT LSTEA TWO BULLETS SHATTERING HIS WINDOWS. >> WHEN I COME IN MY BLINDS WAS LAYING IN THE FLOOR, IS A HOLE IN THE GRASS. -- GLASS. DAN: YOU FIND ANY BULLETS OR ANYTHING IN YOUR HOUSE? >> I’M LOOKING. IT’S GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE, ACTUALLY I’VE GOT TWO WINDOWS SHOT THROU. MY KITENCH DOOR WINDOW IN THE BACK ANDY MSIDE WINDOW RIGHT BEHIND MY KITCHEN DOOR IN THE BA.CK DA N: JUST HOPING THAT HE IS GOING TO BE OK, THEY CONTINUE TO TAKE COVER IN THAT HOME, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW SCARY THAT IS. NEIGHBORS CONTINUEO T WATCH, ONE PERSON WHOSE HRTEA WHO HAS TO BE BROKEN AS THE FATHER OF THE SUSPECT, HE IS FEET AWAY FOR ME AND I WALKED OVER TO HIM FOR A MINUTE AND I ASKED IF YOU LIKE TO TALK AND HE SAID NO, HE DOES NOT WANT TO. THERE’S A LOT OF PAIN IN THIS FOR HIM. PEOPLE STANDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE WATCHING AND MESMERIZED BY WHAT IS HAPPENING. I THINK HIHES ART IS BREAKING, MIKE AND SHEREE. MIKE: THIS IS NOT A STAND-ALONE BUILDING, THIS IS A HOME IN A BUSY NEIGHBORHD,OO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED? HOW BIG AN AREA IS THIS SCENE AND THEY HAVE CORDONED OFF? DAN: I WILL TELL YOU IT HAS GOT TO BE MULTIPLE BLOS,CK ALONG HERE IT IS ALL BLOCKED OFF, IM A TRYING TO GUESS MAYBE FIVE OR SO ROCKS. -- BCKS.LO FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS AT LSTEA TWO OR THREE BCKSLO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE IS A MASSIVE AREA BLOCKED OFF TO HEAR, IF YOU ARE TRYING TO GET TO YOUR HOUSE AND YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BECAUSE POLICE ARE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE BACK AAT SAFE DISTANCE BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A VOLATILE SITUATION. AGAIN, THIS IS A VERBIGY SCENE AND SOMETHING I THINK POLICE ARE TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL OF, KEEPING NEIGHBORS BACK FAR ENOUGH AT A SAFE DISTANCE AS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK THIS. WE WLIL CONTINUE TO WORK THIS SCENE UNIT, FOLLOW ALL OF THIS FOR YOU, BRING YOUHE T LATEST INFORMATION AS WE GET IT. JUST A VERY TENSE AND DANGEROUS SITUATION, LUCKILY RIGHT NOW IT DOES NOT APPEAR ANYONE HAS BEEN HURT. MIKE: FULLY OF ACTIVITY EARLY WITH POLICEAK TING COVER, NOT A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM AT HOME FOR THE LAST HOUR OR SO AS TO MENTIONED BUT A TLO OF FLASHBANGS AND THINGS SENT INTO THAT BUILDING. DAN GRIFFIN LIVE FOR US TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
Police: Suspect shot following SWAT standoff in Covington
Updated: 12:43 AM EDT Jun 18, 2021
A man was shot following an hours-long standoff, according to Covington Police Public Information Officer Lt. Col. Valenti.The man, who was barricaded inside a home, is accused of firing shots at police in Covington Thursday evening.The incident began on Frazier Street in the Latonia neighborhood around 8:30 p.m.Valenti said officers were dispatched to the home for the report of a suicidal subject with a gun. When officers arrived, they were greeted by a barrage of bullets and took cover.No officers were shot.SWAT responded to the scene and surrounded the home. After trying to get the subject to exit the home, officers breached the door around midnight.The suspect was shot and taken to UC Medical Center. The extent of his injuries is unknown. He was the only person in the house at the time of the incident.A man who lives across the street from the home involved told WLWT bullets have broken two of his windows and he, his nephew and his dog took shelter in his home."When I come in, I could see my blinds was laying on the floor. And there was a hole on the door," the neighbor said. Several blocks around Frazier Street were blocked off with crime tape. Valenti said the suspect could face a number of charges, including attempted murder on a police officer. Kentucky State Police is taking over the investigation.This is a developing story. WLWT will provide updates when more information is available.
A man was shot following an hours-long standoff, according to Covington Police Public Information Officer Lt. Col. Valenti.
The man, who was barricaded inside a home, is accused of firing shots at police in Covington Thursday evening.
The incident began on Frazier Street in the Latonia neighborhood around 8:30 p.m.
Valenti said officers were dispatched to the home for the report of a suicidal subject with a gun. When officers arrived, they were greeted by a barrage of bullets and took cover.
No officers were shot.
SWAT responded to the scene and surrounded the home. After trying to get the subject to exit the home, officers breached the door around midnight.
The suspect was shot and taken to UC Medical Center. The extent of his injuries is unknown. He was the only person in the house at the time of the incident.
A man who lives across the street from the home involved told WLWT bullets have broken two of his windows and he, his nephew and his dog took shelter in his home.
"When I come in, I could see my blinds was laying on the floor. And there was a hole on the door," the neighbor said.
Several blocks around Frazier Street were blocked off with crime tape.
Valenti said the suspect could face a number of charges, including attempted murder on a police officer.
Kentucky State Police is taking over the investigation.
This is a developing story. WLWT will provide updates when more information is available.
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