Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Pasco, WA: SWAT SITUATION: Man Kills Self in Ex-Wife's Home

PASCO-- A SWAT situation in Pasco ended after four hours.

It took a robot to find out a man killed himself inside his ex-wife's home on Henry where it crosses Road 54, near Sylvester.

This is not the first time police have been called to the home about the ex-husband.

Franklin County Sheriff Richard Lathim says the ex-wife ran out of the house around lunchtime when her ex-husband burst inside and scared her.

She told law enforcement her ex-husband said "this is it" and grabbed a gun from her bedroom and loaded it. She managed to get away and called 9-1-1, which ordered the SWAT team.

The sheriff tells KEPR hours later, the robot went in to determine the coast was clear and the man was found dead.

"There was a similar situation last year...over the summer...mental health issues...they've been divorced for some time. He doesn't live here,” said Sheriff Lathim.

KEPR asked if the man's mental health issues were for lack of services since that has been an ongoing issue in our region. But the sheriff said no. He says the man had services and medication.

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