CAL FIRE RRU: Patient pulls gun on firefighters

Saturday, April 11, 2009

CAL FIRE RRU: Patient pulls gun on firefighters

Eight-Hour Standoff Ends in Thousand Palms; Arrest Made

THOUSAND PALMS - A man who deputies say pulled a gun on firefighters trying to treat him for a seizure at his Thousand Palms home is in custody after a more than eight hour standoff that ended with the man's arrest at an Indio hospital.

Firefighters were called to the Shenandoah Springs Mobile Home Park in the 32000 block of Wells Fargo Drive at 10:49 Friday morning, according to Riverside County Fire Capt. Fernando Herrera.

"We arrived at the scene, our firefighters went inside and made contact with a man who had a seizure of some type," Herrera said. "He was somewhat incoherent and confused. During the process of questioning the victim and trying to gather more information from him, he became restless."

The man then picked up a handgun, prompting the firefighters to immediately leave the trailer and call for backup, Herrera said.

After nearly eight hours on the scene, a sheriff's SWAT team stormed the mobile home only to find nobody inside.

But according to the Sheriff's Department, a tip led authorities to arrest the same suspect at JFK Hospital in Indio later Friday night.

There were no injuries during the incident.

Authorities have not released the suspect's identity.

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Saturday, April 11, 2009