Update: Standoff outside Lakewood home called off; deputies unable to contact shooter
Update, 2:12 p.m.: After several hours of trying to talk with the shooter, negotiators were unable to communicate with him and called off the standoff. Deputies said since no one was harmed during the incident and they couldn’t establish contact, they decided to leave the scene to try to contact the person inside at a later time.
Deputies said negotiators tried to contact the man over a PA system and through phone calls from family and friends. Mental health professionals also were brought to the scene, but the man did not respond to any efforts to talk with him.
The other person living at the residence found another place to stay, deputies said.
Update, 10:24 a.m: Negotiators are still trying to establish communications with the shooter inside the home, deputies said. Pierce County Sheriff’s Department asked people to avoid the area.
Original post: Lakewood police and Pierce County deputies responded Friday morning to a home near Lakewood where a caller reported a man was hallucinating and firing off gunshots, deputies said.
Police responded about 6:40 a.m. to the 10500 block of 109th Avenue Southwest after a caller reported a relative was shooting inside the home. The 911 caller told deputies the man, in his 50s, was not firing the gun at him.
Lakes High School was on a modified lockdown while police and deputies responded, Pierce County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Sgt. Darren Moss said.
Moss said everyone inside the home was able to evacuate safely, and only the shooter was still inside.
A negotiator from Pierce County Sheriff’s Department was called to the scene to try to talk with the man inside the home. Moss said deputies were still on the scene trying to talk with him at 8:15 a.m.
Military Road Southwest was closed at 108th Avenue Southwest while deputies respond.
This story was originally published December 17, 2021 at 8:38 AM.
