Man Tunnels Out of Trailer to Elude Cops

[blaze89]

Man Tunnels Out of Trailer to Elude Cops
Tue Jul 12

MINOT, N.D. - Police say they spent several hours surrounding an empty trailer home here, after a man escaped by tunneling out the house and calling a cab.

"We negotiated and everything and nobody was there," said Sgt. Darin Egge. "Our negotiator talked about an hour to nobody."

Egge said police responded to a domestic disturbance at the mobile home at about 7:30 a.m on Tuesday. A woman at the home told police a man had a rifle and was threatening suicide, he said.

SWAT team members later surrounded the home.

Sgt. Winston Black said the man apparently crawled through a hole in the mobile home's bathroom floor, and then through the trailer's skirting.

"He was definitely there, " Egge said. "We figure he slipped out before the SWAT team got there."

Egge said the woman distracted police by pounding on the doors with a sledge hammer, to allow officers entry.

"She was taking up the attention of officers," said Egge, who was on the scene.

SWAT team members fired pepper spray into the mobile home at about 11:30 a.m., Egge said. "We searched and he was gone," he said.

Egge said police later found out the man ran to a nearby business and called a cab, which dropped him off at a gas station in town.

Police were still looking for the man Tuesday night.

Egge said police believe the man was not armed.

"We found his rifle," he said.


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[timvp]

So if he doesn't have the rifle, why are they going after him? Attempted murder on himself?

[Trainwreck2100]

Making a tunnel without the right permits???

[mouse]

blaze89
police believe the man was not armed.

Then how did he Tunnel out, with his Feet?

[MaNuMaNiAc]

So if he doesn't have the rifle, why are they going after him? Attempted murder on himself?

i think in some states its illegal to try and commit suicide. I don't know if that's the case, but that maybe why they are chasing him. Probably to make sure he gets proper psychiatric care.

[Useruser666]

sur·round Audio pronunciation of "surrounded" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (s-round)
tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds

1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.

[Vashner]

He must of been on the meth. cause those holes are small 4-10 inches.