Gunman Moat cornered

[Kazz]

Well anyone watching or keeping an eye on the situation of Raoul Moat the man who shot dead his ex girelfriends new partner and left her seriously injured and shot a policeman.
Seems has his back to a river and no where to go apparently he has a gun to his own head and the police are trying to negotiate with him and policemarksmen have their guns trained on him. Hope it ends peacefuly and nothing untoward happens.

Glad he has been located though, it was so weird on the TV to see armed police outside schools. Weird.

[MrsH]

How close do they have to be to use a Taser? It seems that they have been negotiating for a couple of hours now, very distressing for residents who are trapped in the exclusion zone.

I still find it hard to believe all this going on in an area I knew quite well in my early years. Birtley, the scene of the original attack, is just up the road form MrH's childood village, and Rothbury is a place we visited on Sunday afternoon drives out as well as rambling trips when I was at university.

[dandysmom]

[quote=Kazz;609733]Well anyone watching or keeping an eye on the situation of Raoul Moat the man who shot dead his ex girelfriends new partner and left her seriously injured and shot a policeman.
Seems has his back to a river and no where to go apparently he has a gun to his own head and the police are trying to negotiate with him and policemarksmen have their guns trained on him. Hope it ends peacefuly and nothing untoward happens.

Glad he has been located though, it was so weird on the TV to see armed police outside schools. Weird.

Sadly, something we see all to often here in our gun-obsessed society, Kazz. I hope they can capture him without the loss of any more life.

[calismum]

At least he's been found - a huge sigh of relief all round I'd have thought.

[Kazz]

Yeah I wondered about a tazer but I suppose they have to be close enough but also certain enough that they can get a clear and disabling shot. Otherwise they are going to start a tragic chain of events.
Negotiating is the key I would think softly softly. But with the dark encroaching I suspect they will be looking to make this the end game.

Eileen its weird to see that many armed police in the UK. Scary actually.

They moved a couple of police dogs down there earlier.

Seems they have delivered him food now.....so has to be a breakthrough in the standoff.

[Kazz]

Originally Posted by calismum

At least he's been found - a huge sigh of relief all round I'd have thought.

Totaly.................

[dandysmom]

Kazz, after Dr. King was assasinated in '68 and the cities were burning and full of rioters, we had the National Guard in full military gear with guns on almost every downtown street corner in Washington to keep the peace. Our office was two blocks from the White House, and I passed them every day on the way to and from work. So guess maybe I'm a bit blase about it.

Hope there's a peaceful resolution to your standoff; how horrible for the nearby residents trapped in the situation.

[alexgirl73]

Been sat watching Sky news for the last 3 hours now! Just hope it ends without any further loss of life

[Kazz]

Well it appears he shot himself........it makes you wonder what snaps in someones head that makes them shoot other people then themselves. Something must unplug in their circuitury....................

[MrsH]

Once he was cornered I think this was always going to be the predicted outcome. I hope Rothbury doesn't get stuck with any notoriety as a result of this event, it's a beautiful place for a picnic by the stepping stones on the river and it would be lovely if it can get back to normality as quickly as possible. I also hope that those misguided "friends" of his who assisted him by providing cars and weapons are swiftly brought to justice, they bear a huge amount of responsibility for this tragic tale.