Indiana man in police standoff slipped away, went shopping
Source: Associated Press
Updated 6:45 pm, Tuesday, March 13, 2018
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A western Indiana shooting suspect involved in a two-day standoff slipped away undetected from a home surrounded by police and went shopping before a tactical team fatally shot him, authorities said Tuesday.
Michael R. Reynolds, 36, went to a Terre Haute Walmart around 3:30 a.m. on March 6 and bought a cellphone and other items that did not include ammunition, Terre Haute Police Chief John Plasse said. Officers learned about the trip after Walmart employees tipped them off.
Authorities earlier said Reynolds was suspected of killing Amanda Kerns, 40, following a "domestic situation."
A resident living next to the home where the standoff began nearly 12 hours earlier saw Reynolds slip away but did not tell authorities until after a state police tactical team fatally shot Reynolds at a second home about three blocks away, the police chief said.
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