Police demolished a house in my neighborhood to get to a suspect. He didn't live there

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Spartan2470 on November 18th, 2021 at 16:40 UTC »

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Nov. 11, 2021, 6:20 p.m. | Published: Nov. 09, 2021, 7:10 p.m.

KALAMAZOO, MI – Police released the name of a man killed in a 16-hour police standoff.

Alex Rawls, 35, of Kalamazoo was shot multiple times during a 16-hour standoff in the 1500 block of Washington Avenue. The standoff started around 10:45 a.m., Nov. 8 and ended around 3 a.m., Nov. 9, Michigan State Police said in a news release.

Rawls fired multiple times at police during the standoff. No officers were injured but one shot hit a shed near an officer and two rounds hit the windshield of a SWAT vehicle with an officer inside, MSP said.

One Kalamazoo Public Safety officer and one Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s deputy fired shots at the house, police said. The officer and the deputy are on paid administrative leave, per department policies.

Rawls was found dead on the second floor of the house, and had been hit multiple times, police said.

Officers used a drone to survey the house before entering, police said. They only entered after determining Rawls was neutralized, police said.

State police said they will conduct a complete and thorough investigation before the case is sent to the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor for review.

There was a warrant for Rawls’ arrest stemming from a shooting that occurred one week earlier in the 600 block of West Ransom Street. That shooting occurred at around 1:45 p.m. Nov. 1 leaving a woman in critical condition. The victim is now in stable condition.

Rawls was on probation for November 2019 convictions of third-degree home invasion and assaulting, resisting, obstructing a police officer, according to Michigan Department of Corrections records.

Police tore the house apart piece by piece as they worked to get Rawls out of the house. The house was almost fully demolished as of 6 p.m. Nov. 9.

MichaelChinigo on November 18th, 2021 at 16:55 UTC »

Remember when Steven Seagal teamed up with Sheriff Joe Arpaio to bulldoze the home of a man accused of running a cockfighting ring? (Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write.)

The police killed 115 chickens in the process, natch.

This country is fucking ridiculous.

LucidLethargy on November 18th, 2021 at 18:24 UTC »

Fair market value. Why does that seem like less than what the value really is?