Male barricaded; chemical agents used for resolution, El Paso County CO


A man was barricaded inside a home and did not follow police orders. Officers used chemical spray and vapor to try to end the situation. After the chemical agents were used, the man was taken into custody. Medical help was called to check him due to exposure to the chemicals.
Audio|Source: El Paso County Fire and EMS
06:31
Transcript:
00:00
Yes, northwest corner.
00:01
Hey, Travis, you said you've got 40 with OC impact?
00:04
I do. All right, you guys are good to deploy it.
00:08
Let's get that.
00:09
Hey, Reagan, you're getting that drone ready to go?
00:10
Yep, just getting to my car now.
00:11
Dispatch, so you're aware we do have one male subject barricaded in the residence, not obeying commands.
00:16
40 rounds been deployed into that room.
00:19
All right, what's up?
00:22
There is GELA, or I guess, communication in that back room.
00:26
Copy, let's see if you complies for a minute.
00:28
If not, we'll put some OC vapor in there.
00:29
Travis, what kind of communication you guys get in? In play, can you get that break and rake up here before me?
00:36
Just mute gargled.
00:37
I'm gonna deploy the 4D, you're one more window, trying to get better visual in there.
00:41
Copy. I'm going to play a hand toss.
00:43
O.C. Vapor. Okay,
00:44
Mike. 30 seconds. All right, I'm sending one to support you guys.
00:47
You are.
00:48
Copy, let's look that gas work for a minute.
00:50
Okay, he is not complying.
00:52
We do have hearing and yelling stop.
00:54
Ocea has been deployed.
00:55
He's still making noises inside.
00:57
Reagan, go ahead and push that drone in and see if you can, if there's enough room on that window that they just broke to see what you can see.
01:05
Copy. Mike, to confirm, you want me on the outside?
01:07
You can see from the outside.
01:09
Hey, did you guys put a trichamber in there or the vapor?
01:11
The O-C paper, or the O-C.
01:14
Copy. Hey guys, entry teams start working to hold and mask up, please.
01:19
I'm sorry, just confirming Mike, it was the OC chamber.
01:23
Copy, that's not a hot gas, is it? I just want to verify.
01:26
Certainly.
01:27
For parameter units, we've got contact with Jeremy.
01:29
We're team copy.
01:32
Mike, I have no eyes from the outside through that window.
01:35
Copy Reagan, can you go ahead and push it in through the front window and see what you can see what you can see? There's a lot of gas in there, so...
01:42
The room's clear.
01:43
Now I was back into that kitchen, I've had no movement, heard nothing, said I haven't seen any movement back in there.
01:49
Copy, carport, bedroom doors closed, I'm not going to be able to access that.
01:52
Looks like a slide door.
01:53
Clear is in custody.
01:54
Since we have this male barricaded, we did use chemical agents on him.
01:58
Can you go ahead and get medical started to evaluate him? They can come in from 14th in San Juan, and then we'll possibly ask them if they have some fans to ventilate this residence for us in a minute.
02:09
Once we get it secure.
02:10
Copy.
02:11
Command 131 on Mac11.
02:12
I copy. I've got the apparatus coming in.
02:14
We're going to come in from 12, but that's okay.
02:16
My apparatus was already staging.
02:17
I copy you, Brad.
02:19
Our suspects are south of the house.
02:21
We haven't got the house cleared yet.
02:23
Copy. I'll have them bump around to 14th in.
02:26
The kitchen is clear, laundry room is clear, there's a small room in the laundry room where I can't access the door.
02:32
The bedroom on the one four corner door is shut and left.
02:35
The room is clear.
02:37
One four bedroom appeared to be clear.
02:39
I'm off-coms for a minute, Billy, you got the fan.
02:41
There's nothing.
02:42
Mike, I'm losing the signal.
02:43
I'm in that back bedroom.
02:44
It was gas, it appears to be clear.
02:46
As far as I can tell from here, the building is clear.
02:48
You know, radio, got to recover.
02:50
The only thing I haven't been able to clear is the bedroom, what is the carport.
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El Paso County, CO
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