Tragic but hopefully people can learn from this. Two things immediately come to mind.
1.) If you are the one who shot and called 911 let the 911 dispatcher know that and that you have a gun, your description, and that you are the home owner.
The dispatcher will most likely advise you to put the gun down long before police arrive.
If the suspect is still a threat and in the home and you are keeping him at bay also let the police know that. The dispatcher will also tell you to put the gun down once police arrive.
2.) If you are not the 911 caller but police arrive because someone else called once the police arrive put the gun down and your hands up. Or whatever the police advise.
No matter who called 911, once police arrive, do what they say and hopefully things will work out.
Had a friend in who had a very similar situation minus the shooting someone part and officers ordered him to throw the gun down when he arrived, he was the 911 caller. He told them with his hands, gun, and phone in the air, "This is an expensive gun, I will put it down but I'm not throwing it down." The officers allowed him to place it on the table and back away and everything worked out luckily.
http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6009103/Police-suburban-Denver-kill-resident-shot-intruder.html
1.) If you are the one who shot and called 911 let the 911 dispatcher know that and that you have a gun, your description, and that you are the home owner.
The dispatcher will most likely advise you to put the gun down long before police arrive.
If the suspect is still a threat and in the home and you are keeping him at bay also let the police know that. The dispatcher will also tell you to put the gun down once police arrive.
2.) If you are not the 911 caller but police arrive because someone else called once the police arrive put the gun down and your hands up. Or whatever the police advise.
No matter who called 911, once police arrive, do what they say and hopefully things will work out.
Had a friend in who had a very similar situation minus the shooting someone part and officers ordered him to throw the gun down when he arrived, he was the 911 caller. He told them with his hands, gun, and phone in the air, "This is an expensive gun, I will put it down but I'm not throwing it down." The officers allowed him to place it on the table and back away and everything worked out luckily.
http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6009103/Police-suburban-Denver-kill-resident-shot-intruder.html
'He was a grandpa protecting his family': Police kill homeowner who shot intruder to protect his family after seeing him holding a gun
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and HANNAH PARRY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 20:42 EDT, 30 July 2018
Cops gunned down a grandfather in his own home after he shot an intruder and called the police.
Aurora police received multiple calls about a break-in at the suburban Denver home at about 1.30am on Monday.
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