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Old 08-02-2016, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by barbara View Post
I'm not sure what else they could do.

She pointed a gun at them and said she was going to kill them.

Thankfully, the child will recover physically.
Withdraw to protected positions and continue to negotiate. Every alternative to lethal force should have been tried first. She wasn't holding her son hostage so he was in no danger other than the very real danger that the police represented.

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