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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral who is accused of threatening to stroke up his flat successful Porterville aft helium intentionally turned connected the state was arrested Tuesday, constabulary said.
Officers arrested 46-year-old Seth Eli McMullen of Porterville.
On Tuesday, Sept. 2, astatine astir 12:20 p.m., officers, on with the occurrence department, responded to the 500 artifact of South Main Street.
When officers arrived connected scene, they detected a beardown odor of earthy state emitting from the flat of McMullen. Officers said they contacted him and that helium was highly agitated.
Police said that portion they were talking to him, helium held a lighter successful his manus and threatened the lives of exigency personnel.
Officers said that helium told them that helium had a shotgun; helium past held up the gun's round, which hindered their quality to de-escalate the situation.
Police evacuated adjacent residences retired of caution. The occurrence section was capable to crook disconnected the state valve to the complex.
The police's peculiar weapons and tactics squad and situation effect squad were besides deployed.
After 2 hours of negotiations with the effect team, McMullen peacefully surrendered.
The flat was rendered harmless by the SWAT squad and residents of the flat were capable to instrumentality to their units.
Police said that during a hunt warrant, detectives located a homemade shotgun and ammunition concealed wherever helium was lasting arsenic helium spoke to the situation team.
McMullen was booked into the Tulare County Sheriff's Office South County Detention Facility and is facing aggregate charges.
