Today is Friday March 29, 2024
ktbb logo


SWAT Situation Ends in Longview, One Dead

Posted/updated on: May 11, 2013 at 5:40 am
Print Friendly, PDF & Email


swat_lnjLONGVIEW Officials say an hours-long standoff at a Longview home ended late Thursday afternoon after the person inside the home, Candace Jackson, 38, was shot and killed. That happened after police deployed tear gas. At that time Jackson exited the house with a weapon and fired several more rounds in the direction of the police. The officers returned the fire. Jackson was rushed to Good Shepherd Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead.

The house where the standoff took place is on the 2000 block of Eden. The incident started out as a welfare check that was being handled by a Longview Police sergeant. The call came in at 1:18 Thursday afternoon. Police did not believe that there were any hostages inside the house. However, there were an unknown amount of weapons inside. According to officials, the woman was in her house with multiple weapons. The Longview News-Journal said officers were fired upon from the home.

Police evacuated people in the surrounding neighborhood of the standoff. There were dozens of Police officers and SWAT on scene. During the ordeal, some residents who could not get to their homes due to the standoff situation were waiting at a nearby convenience store. Longview ISD officials said some bus routes were affected. KETK reports those impacted were the students coming from JL Everhart Elementary and Forest Park Middle School. The buses already running returned to campus. Parents were notified by the school districts mass contact call system, and they told they could pick up their children at the schools. Additionally, streets in the area were blocked off while the situation continued. The case remains under investigation by the Texas Rangers.



News Partner
Advertisement
Advertisement Advertisement

 
Advertisement
Advertisement

© 1999 - 2024 Copyright ATW Media, LLC