Crime & Safety
Armed Man In Standoff With Groton Police Continues Wednesday
Residents are urged to remain inside their homes. The suspect is barricaded inside a home.
GROTON, CT — An armed man is involved in a stand-off with Groton Police at 8 Orion Avenue, the New London Day reports. Neighbors are urged to remain indoors. The incident began at 7:20 p.m. after police responded to a report of shots fired inside the home, the Day reports.
As of 7:30 a.m. Wednesday the situation remains unresolved. A shelter-in-place has been ordered and a SWAT team is on the scene, NBC Connecticut reports. Police say it's a “confined incident” and there is no danger to the public, according to NBC CT.
Schools are operating on a normal schedule.
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Still an active police presence at the Navy Lodge in Groton. @GrotonTownPD deputy chief couldn’t confirm details from scanner reports overnight but said he and state police are preparing a joint statement. pic.twitter.com/BZbHRK6Ee7
— Lindsay Boyle (@LindsayABoyle) January 9, 2019
Oh deer! Police blocked off the street at the Naval Lodge in #Groton, but they couldn’t stop this suspect! A pranced through the staging area where police are working a 12+ hour stand off pic.twitter.com/CA7JNMJOy7
— Carolina Cruz (@CCruzNews) January 9, 2019
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. @CT_STATE_POLICE SWAT vehicle on scene in #Groton @FOX61News pic.twitter.com/ZGMu4YYvAR
— Michael Howard (@MHoward_TV) January 9, 2019
Can hear loud alarm sound off and on and muffled intercom #Groton @FOX61News pic.twitter.com/vgdVn7F8wW
— Michael Howard (@MHoward_TV) January 9, 2019
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