Hostage

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — A 46-year-old man is dead after shooting himself during a hostage situation in Bloomington Friday evening, police say.

At 6:31 p.m., the man fatally shot himself in the kitchen while talking with a crisis negotiator. According to police, officers found two kids who escaped from the house and called 911 for help. Bloomington police responded to a home in the 3300 block of North Kingsley Drive at 5:10 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON - On March 10, 2023, at approximately 5:10 p.m., officers with the Bloomington Police Department responded to a residence in the 3300 block of N ...

while still speaking with a Crisis Negotiator, the 46-year-old man shot himself in the kitchen of the residence and the 76-year-old hostage was able to flee from the house to safety. The Crisis Negotiation Team is a group of highly trained officers and a Police Social Worker that work to establish communication with individuals to de-escalate situations. First arriving officers made contact with the juvenile complainant who reported that a man inside the residence was intoxicated and pointing a handgun at individuals while threatening to kill them.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An intoxicated man was holding hostages at gunpoint inside a Bloomington residence Friday, according to the Bloomington Police ...

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – MARCH 10: Members of the Monroe County Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) respond during a stand off in the 3300 block of North ...

A Crisis Negotiator was able to make FaceTime contact with the man and observed that the man was holding a handgun while making threats to kill a hostage inside the house as well as officers on scene. Due to the man being armed with a handgun and holding hostages inside the residence, members of the Critical Incident Response Team as well as the Crisis Negotiation Team responded to the scene. On March 10, 2023, at approximately 5:10 p.m., officers with the Bloomington Police Department responded to a residence in the 3300 block of N Kingsley Drive in reference to a 911 call of a man at the residence who was armed with a handgun and holding hostages inside.

Police responded to a hostage situation at 5:10 p.m. in the 3300 block of North Kingsley Drive in Bloomington. When officers arrived, they were met with two ...

While talking with the negotiator, he held a handgun and threatened to kill himself and the hostage. The juveniles reported that an intoxicated man was inside the house pointing his gun at them while threatening to kill them. in the 3300 block of North Kingsley Drive in Bloomington.