A man resisting eviction died after he barricaded himself in his apartment for hours and fired shots at police, authorities said, adding one officer was injured in the standoff.
The standoff drew a SWAT team to the community of Brookhaven shortly after 6 p.m. Monday and ended just before midnight, said spokesman Warren Strain with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
Authorities have not said if the man was shot by police or killed himself. He wasn’t immediately identified.
Authorities said the suspect was in the process of being evicted when he fired a shot at officers through the door. He then barricaded himself in the apartment, where he continued to shoot out a bedroom window.
Strain says Brookhaven police asked the Mississippi Highway Patrol to send its SWAT team to the apartments. Strain said one officer suffered injuries but they weren’t life-threatening. It was unclear whether the officer was wounded by gunfire or hit by shrapnel. That officer also wasn’t identified.
Local media outlets reported that residents of the apartment complex hearing gun fire throughout the evening.
Strain said state police will handle the investigation.
Brookhaven, a community of about 12,000, is some 50 miles south of Jackson.
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Fighting to the death over a apartment that you do not own is stupid , Now over property you own i can see that in some cases , But if that is your plan then one should invest in a cutting torch and tanks , so you can flood the structure with the gases and go out with a bang as the last assault wave of zombies enters deep into the structure . Tooth picks and smoking kevlar fibers falling like snow in a 200 yard circle .
“Now over property you own i can see that in some cases…”
The ONLY case in which anyone literally OWNS any property is with an allodial title.
“adjective
1. free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord.”