An astonishing 30-hour standoff ended with Wyoming police ripping apart an innocent woman’s $200,000 home in an attempt to sure a murder suspect out.
Officials say William Lowery, 46, shot dead Sheridan Police sergeant Nevada Krinkee on Tuesday morning as the cop served a trespassing notice on a rental house the alleged killer had been squatting in for five months.
An armed Lowery then ran to the home Karo Hamilton, where he barricaded himself. During the standoff police brought in a track hoe excavator, a pressure hose and at least one Bearcat armored vehicle, as reported by Sheridan Media.
The standoff lasted throughout Tuesday night, with police using water canons, gas grenades and projectiles throughout the day.
On Wednesday morning, Chief Travis Koltiska called in an excavator, which he said was his ‘last option.’
Chief Travis Koltiska called in an excavator, which he said was his ‘last option’ after a suspect barricated himself in a Wyoming home for over a day
Officials say William Lowery, 46, shot dead Sheridan Police sergeant Nevada Krinkee on Tuesday morning as the cop served a trespassing notice
An armed Lowery then ran to the home Karo Hamilton, where he barricaded himself
That afternoon Lowery was shot dead as he tried to escape from the house, which was left looking like a tornado ripped through it.
‘It will have to be bulldozed and rebuilt from the ground up,’ Hamilton’s niece Rachael Trueblood told KTVQ. ‘She’s going to have to relocate for the time being.’
Trueblood said Hamilton was not at home when the suspect broke in, but her live-in-mother was and managed to escape after Lowery broke in and barricaded himself in the basement.
The community has rallied around homeowner Hamilton and are working towards a plan to rebuilt the home at no cost.
Contractor Jeremiah Morley has offered to help rebuild the home and is recruiting local contractors to help out, he told Cowboy State Daily.
The community has rallied around homeowner Hamilton and are working towards a plan to rebuilt the home at no cost
That afternoon Lowery was shot dead as he tried to escape from the house
‘My job is to orchestrate the subcontractors, plumbers, electrical and HVAC guys. From the looks of it, it’s going to be a complete loss,’ he said of the destroyed house.
Morley estimated rebuilding the home will cost at least $200,000, but the cost depends on whether the house’s foundation can be salvaged.
A spokesperson for the Sheridan Police Department said they are working with ‘the homeowner’s lawyers on a resolution.’