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It was terrifying cuz at the same time he's screaming and yelling cuz he can't find my brother. But he had escaped at
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2:30 when the gunshot went off. He thankfully was able to get out of the basement window and he ran to my
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parents' best friend's home and they called 911. That 911 dispatcher would let the officers know who were on duty
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at the nearby police station. So that's about 45 minutes from my community. But that police station closes at 2 a.m. And
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this is happening after 2:30. Yes. So they would call the constable on duty and let him know and then he would then
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give, you know, further instructions. So they did. They called him and he said, "Go out to the Paul residence and see if
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you can get him to come out and talk to him as if he's a rational person right now." Yeah. He was also the only uh
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trained hostage negotiator for this RCMP station. So like the person who should have been going out and talking to this
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clearly irrational person. Yes. Holding hostages. Mhm. He could have called for SWAT anything backup. Um but he didn't.
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And instead of, you know, just hanging up the phone and maybe getting up himself because he'd know he'd have to
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come here eventually. Keeping an eye on the situation he's responsible for. Yeah. He accidentally fell back asleep.