Jacksonville, Florida – Domestic Dispute Leads to Eight Hour SWAT Team Standoff
According to Lt. Derrick Lewis of the Jacksonville, Florida Sherriff’s Office, a man named Rico McMillan was allegedly engaged in a domestic dispute with his girlfriend when he began battering her and threatening her with a gun in front of their three children. He later barricaded himself inside the home, which is on Pasco Street in downtown Jacksonville, just a few blocks from Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. He apparently allowed the woman and children to leave before he barricaded himself into the house; they were not inside when police arrived.
Just after midnight, the SWAT team arrived and became engaged in a standoff with McMillan. Eight hours later, the standoff finally ended and police were able to enter the house and arrest McMillan without incident, just as the Gate River Run was getting underway a few blocks away. He has been charged with a single count of aggravated battery.
People involved in a relationship can become very irrational when they are angry. All too often that anger can explode into violence. Even though no one was injured in this domestic violence incident, the possibility was certainly there for someone to get hurt or even killed.
If you are the victim of domestic abuse, you should seek help immediately, and then contact our Jacksonville, Florida divorce law firm.
Read more about this incident at Law & Disorder: SWAT team ends 8-hour standoff.
Michael A. Atter
Former Prosecutor
Keith L. Maynard
Former Assistant Public Defender
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