Officers say 47-year-old Abel Wilkes barricaded himself when they arrived on scene at his trailer in response to a call for an unruly person firing shots
Investigators say that during the standoff, one of the SWAT Team officers shot at Abel Wilkes and that there is evidence that Wilkes discharged his firearm.
Officers received reports of a man walking in a roadway and threatening someone before they located him in his front yard, where he appeared to be under the influence of narcotics.
From a press release - On 08/07/17 at approximately 9:00 AM Douglas County Deputies responded to an assault call in Orondo. A Deputy located the suspect in a fruit warehouse. He fled as the Deputy attempted to talk to him and ran into a nearby house. Another Depu...