Front Royal P.D. says man in fatal armed barricade didn’t fire shots at officers
Today, Front Royal Police Department retracted claims about shots fired by a 39-year-old man who reportedly took his life during an armed barricade.
According to Front Royal Police Department, three officers responded to a domestic disturbance call in the 200 block of West 8th Street on Monday shortly after 11 p.m. As those officers approached a woman in the front yard of the residence, police reported that there was a man in the residence with a handgun.
In the initial report, FRPD claimed the man fired multiple shots from the handgun through a front window in the officers’ direction.
Today, FRPD clarified that an investigation of the scene determined only one shot was fired in the home. That shot shattered the front window “leading officers to believe the shots were aimed toward...
