The morning of the 23rd was a little crazy for us. Brian opened the blinds in our bedroom to check if it was cloudy and we see two cop cars in front of our house. So naturally we watched them for a few minutes to see what was going on. Before we knew it they had their assault rifles out and were heading to a house down the street. I called a few neighbors to see what was going on. Their was a domestic dispute going on and a man had a gun holding his baby hostage.
Before we knew it the SWAT team was here!
The maroon house is actually a neighbors house. He was on the front porch with the baby. The SWAT team is standing at the ready.
SWAT team on the golf course behind the house. The neighbor was still in the house. SWAT team eventually did get him out.
Deploying the SWAT team. That was only about half of them. They were all over our street.
Not everyday you see a member of the SWAT team walk in front of your house!
Setting up a road block.
We watched all this from Elise's window
They set up the command center at the church parking lot. Craziness!
Luckily everyone is safe. He gave up the baby and eventually surrendered. Brian went over to see the neighbor (The owner of the maroon house) after it was over. He was home by himself because his wife is out of town. Brian brought him some food and sat with him until the police needed to question him. Brian never thought he'd have to do something like this when he was called to Elders Quorum President. We had news cameras set up in the field behind our house, and cops about every 10 feet!
Now for the record I still think Eagle Mountain is a great and safe place to live. Domestic disputes happen everywhere, you can't truly avoid it. I'm glad I have great neighbors I could call and rely on to help us know what's happening. We really do have a great neighborhood.
