The incident was reported to the Sheriff’s Office, and a deputy went to the neighborhood at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. But Riley couldn’t be found. Riley’s girlfriend later told detectives that Riley returned home that evening and told her God gave him a vision that the man’s daughter was going to kill herself.
Nine hours later, Judd said, a lieutenant about two miles away heard two volleys of gunfire from the area of the original call. At the same time, 911 calls began coming in reporting an active shooting.
When deputies and other law enforcement arrived, they saw a truck on fire and a popping noise coming from the front yard. As they approached, they found an individual who was “totally outfitted in body armor and looked as though he was ready to engage us in an active shooter situation.” Judd said.
“But we didn’t see a firearm.”
Judd said the man ran back in the house and deputies heard a gunshot, “and a woman scream and a baby whimper.”
The lieutenant tried to enter the house but it was barricaded, Judd said. He then went to the rear of the house and entered, exchanging gunfire with the suspect before backing out of the house.
Judd said three deputies at the front of the house were pinned down by gunfire from the suspect, and other agents on scene opened fire to help the deputies get to safety.