5-hour standoff in Rural Hall ended after authorities blew open door and tossed in camera
Wesley Young It took five hours and a front door blown off its hinges Monday morning to convince a 78-year-old Rural Hall man to surrender to authorities. The man had fired a rifle multiple times when a Forsyth County Sheriffâs deputy came by his house to check on a 911 hang-up call, authorities said. A caller abruptly hung up on 911 dispatchers about 7:37 a.m. Monday, and dispatchers got no answer when they tried to call back, according to Major Mark Elliott, who heads the enforcement bureau at the Forsyth County Sheriffâs Office. A deputy was dispatched to the house in...
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