SWAT resolves Coarsegold domestic violence standoff

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A 34-year-old antheral was arrested aft a 7-hour standoff successful Madera County aft a home unit telephone Saturday night, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office. 

Deputies accidental astir 10:30 p.m., they received a 9-1-1 telephone astir shots fired successful the 31000 artifact of Road 400 successful Coarsegold. 

Dispatch operators accidental they could perceive a pistillate screaming successful the background.

Deputies accidental erstwhile they arrived successful the area, and located the victim, who was harmless astatine a adjacent home. 

The fishy was identified by deputies arsenic 34-year-old Forrest Hall. According to deputies, during the confrontation, Hall allegedly fired aggregate rounds and near the determination successful his vehicle.

Deputies said they recovered Hall’s conveyance astatine his location successful Coarsegold. 

After deputies requested Hall to travel retired of the home, deputies accidental the Madera County Regional SWAT Team, Crisis Negotiators and Drone Team responded to the scene. 

The SWAT Team said they utilized tactical techniques, including state deployments wrong the home. 

After a seven-hour standoff, deputies accidental Hall near the location done a model and was taken into custody. 

Officials accidental Hall was booked into the Madera County Jail connected felony charges of attempted homicide, battle with a firearm, and resisting arrest.

Sheriff Tyson Pogue commended the response, describing it arsenic a "dangerous concern that could person ended overmuch differently."