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Motel Shooting Leads To Three Hours Standoff With Police
July 21, 2010
A Brewton man barricaded himself in a motel for three hours and fired a rifle at police Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly shot a woman.
A motel guest, Donald Gregory Wilson, is charged with attempted murder after the incident at the Colonial Manor Motel on Highway 31 near Jefferson Davis Community College. It all began about 11 a.m. when the motel owner and her daughter confronted Wilson about payment for his room. Wilson then shot the female in the chest with a .22 caliber rifle, according to police.
Wilson barricaded himself inside his room while law enforcement authorities used the telephone and loudspeakers in an attempt to get him out of the room. He responded by firing about a half dozen shots through the motel room door. No officers were injured.
When that did not work, a SWAT team used tear gas and flash bangs. Wilson then reportedly ran naked from his room into a nearby room where he was taken into custody.
The shooting victim was transported to D.W. McMillan Hospital in Brewton. She was treated and released.
Wilson is being held in the Escambia County (Ala.) Detention Center in Brewton.
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9 Responses to “Motel Shooting Leads To Three Hours Standoff With Police”
“We’ll keep the light on for ya!”
Hey,I think that the brewton PD. has shown there true colors in a job well done,they handled the confortation with the training and comittment, that is there standard on a day to day basis…….
welcome to the real world escambia county. It looks like the law of averages finally caught up with us, and real world crime has finally arrived., as apposed to the same ole “he said, she said”, “I want that person to go to jail because they looked at me funny”, type garbage.
My hats off to Chief McGougan for the way the dept did its job. If the Alabama State Trooper SWAT Team would have been called in they would have leveled the whole motel.
Drugs…..Loss of Jobs……and downright crazy!!!!!!
Wow……what is going on in this area? Third time in a week this has happened.
i heard it was a relative of somebody i know very well,if so they are wired on meth really bad
PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED!!!
This is horrifying! I hope law enforcement can diffuse this situation without the hostage being injured. We need to pray for the hostage’s safety.