A man who barricaded himself in a construction site in Council Bluffs has been shot and taken into custody, according to the U.S. Marshals. Around 1:30 p.m., police said a section of East Kanesville Boulevard is closed from South First Street to Frank Street as police deal with a stand-off.KETV NewsWatch 7 has learned that the man is wanted by the fugitive task force on a warrant out of Sarpy County. According to U.S. Marshals, the man is facing a warrant for sexual assault of a child.U.S. Marshals said task force members tried to arrest the man around 10:30 a.m. at the construction site, but he refused to exit an excavator that he was operating at the time.According to Marshals, the excavator was parked, but the man refused to exit the equipment and he was armed with a handgun. Around 8 p.m., marshals told KETV NewsWatch 7 that the man is alive and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. This is a developing story.
A man who barricaded himself in a construction site in Council Bluffs has been shot and taken into custody, according to the U.S. Marshals.
Around 1:30 p.m., police said a section of East Kanesville Boulevard is closed from South First Street to Frank Street as police deal with a stand-off.
KETV NewsWatch 7 has learned that the man is wanted by the fugitive task force on a warrant out of Sarpy County. According to U.S. Marshals, the man is facing a warrant for sexual assault of a child.
U.S. Marshals said task force members tried to arrest the man around 10:30 a.m. at the construction site, but he refused to exit an excavator that he was operating at the time.
According to Marshals, the excavator was parked, but the man refused to exit the equipment and he was armed with a handgun.
Around 8 p.m., marshals told KETV NewsWatch 7 that the man is alive and was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
This is a developing story.
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