A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS STRUCK BY GUNFIRE AS POLICE BURST INTO A BARRICADED ROOM, ENDING A FRIGHTENING HOSTAGE SITUATION.(PHOTO).

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 A Mother's Day Nightmare in Princeton, Illinois. A 3-year-old boy was struck by gunfire as police burst into a barricaded room, ending a frightening hostage situation. Multiple agencies responded to the Hummingbird Mobile Home Park in Princeton, Illinois, on Sunday, May 10th at 2:42 a.m. The initial call went out as a domestic disturbance but officers discovered much worse.  42-year-old, Anthony Rodriguez, had barricaded himself in a room armed with a knife. Anthony had taken several people as hostages, including Aurora Almanza and her 3-year-old son.  Multiple agencies were on the scene, including the Bureau County Sheriff's Office, Illinois State Police and  the Princeton Police Department.  Authorities attempted to negotiate but ultimately rushed the room when they heard screaming coming from inside.  Officials have reported that officers fired shots as they entered the room. Anthony Rodriguez was hit and was neutralized.  Sadly, Aurora Almanza's t...

POLICE SAY THEY DID NOT TEARGAS FUBARA DELIBERATELY .(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE



POLICE SAY THEY DID NOT TEARGAS FUBARA DELIBERATELY 



“Following the receipt of credible intelligence reports on the intention of some armed group of persons to cause mayhem, particularly at the House of Assembly complex, armed police operatives were deployed.


“The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations (DC Ops) deployed the operatives, going by the previous case of arson on the assembly building.


“The DC Ops personally supervised (the police operatives) to intercept the `hoodlums’ and to ensure the protection of lives and property within the assembly facility and its environs.


“Some minutes later, another aggressive group of people approached the entrance of the complex and advanced toward the premises.


“This led the police to deploy non-lethal crowd control equipment, including teargas and water cannons, to disperse the riotous and uncontrollable protesters.


"The Police, therefore, engaged them in like manner but observed that the Executive Governor of the State, His Excellency,

Siminalayi Fubara, was in their midst.


"The presence of the Governor at the scene was of great surprise and shock as there was no prior communication to the Police on the visit of the Governor to the Scene of the crime which ordinarily is the usual protocol and compliments that will accompany his guard for proper safety considering the intelligence of security threat at hand then."


“To this end, the governor and his entourage went inside the assembly complex to assess the level of damage caused by an earlier fire incident.


“It is pertinent to state that the police did not deliberately attack the governor, or even attempt to hurt anyone, let alone the Chief Executive and Chief Security Officer of the state.


“It is our most essential role to protect the governor, and as such, the news being peddled in some sections of the media is a misrepresentation.


SP Grace Iringe-Koko

Public Relations Officer

Rivers State Police Command

 

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