14 DAY TRIAL // Police in Arkansas have fatally shot a 107-year-old suspect on Saturday, September 6.
Officers responded to a call over an aggravated assault in the town of Pine Bluff. The incident took place at the 1400 block of W. 16th Street, where two people were allegedly attacked by the senior.
The victims identified the man as one Monroe Isadore. They described being threatened with a weapon by Isadore.
At 4:25 p.m., Pine Bluff police entered the residence and were met with gunshots. The elderly suspect barricaded himself in a room and opened fire.
“When officers announced themselves, Isadore shot through the door at them. No officer was hit or injured by the gunfire. The officers retreated to a safer area and supervisors and additional help were called.
“Supervisors began negotiating with Isadore as soon as they arrived. S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics) was also called out,” the police report reads, according to THV 11.
Arkansas Matters informs that a S.W.A.T crew first placed a camera inside the room, noticed that Isadore had a handgun on him, then tried to get the suspect to surrender.
They threw a device that produces gas into the room through a bedroom window. The tactic was met with more gunfire.
“Negotiations continued for some time and when S.W.A.T arrived, negotiations still continued. S.W.A.T. was able to insert a camera into the room, where Isadore was, and confirmed he was armed with a handgun.
“S.W.A.T. inserted gas into the room, after it was evident negotiations were unsuccessful, in hopes Isadore would surrender peacefully. When the gas was inserted into the room, Isadore fired rounds at the S.W.A.T. officers that had inserted the gas from outside a bedroom window,” the police statement adds.
After the gas incident, officers were attacked and they broke into the bedroom, where they were shot at again. They shot back at Isadore during the fire exchange and he died soon after.