Man Taken Into Custody After Firing One Shot At EPD Officers
At approximately 5:44 pm on today’s date. EPD officers were dispatched to the 2700 block of Lodge Ave. (Woodland Park Apts) in reference to a person with a gun. Officers were given a description of a black male with dreadlocks, wearing a white tank top and black shorts with a pistol in his back pocket and at times taking it out of his pocket and waving it around. The 911 caller identified the man as Andrew Barnett (28). Barnett has law enforcement alerts that he is a parole registered offender for attempted armed burglary and intimidation.
Officers arrived at the at 5:50 pm and located a subject matching the description of Barnett and attempted to make contact. Barnett fled officers as soon as officers attempted that contact.
At approximately 5:55 officers advised that they were in a foot pursuit with Barnett. Barnett fled officers for a short distance before one officer deployed his taser and was unsuccessful. The officer then attempted a second deployment of his taser that hit the arm of Barnett. Barnett was able to overcome the taser deployment and grab a revolver firearm from his waistband. Barnett turned around and before falling to the ground from the effects of the taser.
Barnett was then taken into custody with any further force beyond the successful taser deployment.
