Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Standoff Over after More than 30 Hours
Police SWAT teams have been outside a house on Raccoon Run Road in Coventry since Wednesday.
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UPDATE: Larry Lachance is in custody. The standoff has ended. More details coming.
COVENTRY, RI—More than 30 hours have passed since a standoff began outside a house on Raccoon Run Road in Coventry and Police Chief John S. McDonald said officers will continue to show restraint and wait for Larry Lachance, 60, to come out.
Lachance has barricaded himself inside the house since Wednesday after police initially responded to a domestic call.
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The sound of explosions and gunfire were heard outside a house on Raccoon Run Road in Coventry on Thursday.
McDonald said the noises were not bombs, but would not say what caused since he didn't want to divulge police tactics. The sound of gunfire came from inside the house, the chief said. Lachance is by himself in the house.
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SWAT teams and members of the Coventry, West Warwick and Rhode Island State Police responded to the scene and have been there since. Neighbors were evacuated and police blocked off the area. National Grid cut power to the neighborhood and the incident has put much of the town on edge and hopeful for a peaceful resolution.
The standoff continued through Thursday. Shortly after noon, an explosion was heard, followed by gunshots.
More details will be posted. This is a developing story.
Photo courtesy: Melissa Randall, ABC6
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