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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 05/06/2023
Location : 312 E. Church St.
City : Nanticoke
County : Luzerne
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Nanticoke PD, Pennsylvania State Police, SERT Troopers, battering ram, armored vehicles, drones, flashbang grenades
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under SWAT duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Nanticoke PDarrived at an apartment at 312 E. Church St. at about 5 p.m. when a man refused to exit and locked himself inside with a gun. Pennsylvania State Police at Wilkes-Barre also arrived. The Special Emergency Response Team began arriving at about 6:30 p.m. and brought 2 heavily armored vehicles and a fortified Bob-Cat with an attached battery arm. A K9 was brought in. Police turned off power and deployed a drone to circle the apartment. Two flash grenades were fired. The man committed suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.timesleader.com/news/1607861/nanticoke-standoff-ends-with-gunmans-suicide
