Standoff in Flemington ends with man's death

Flemington – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation examines the death of a man on Friday after a patient situation with the law enforcement authorities.

Daquan Phillips, 26, from Baltimore, was sought from Maryland because of a severe command. Around 1:50 p.m. Friday, the US marshal service went to a quiet house in the south together with the MPs of the Sheriff office in Liberty County to carry out the arrest warrant.

According to the GBI, a person was removed from the house without incidents. Phillips, who was outside, arrived as a law enforcement officer, went into the house and barricaded.

Bill Kirkendall from Liberty County Sheriff von Sheriff did not say repeated attempts to establish communication.

The grenades of Flash Bang were used around 6.15 p.m. and shortly afterwards shots were fired.

“We waited as long as possible,” said Kirkendall.

Kirkendall said that the goal of the law enforcement authorities was to put the situation into a peaceful conclusion.

“When that failed, they immediately had to take measures to protect the citizens in the area,” he said.

After hours of attempt to communicate with Phillips, entry into the house was submitted. Phillips was discovered in the house with a gunshot wound and later declared dead by the forensic doctor Liberty County. A 5-year-old child was removed from the house safely and intact.

Phillips' body is brought to the GBI Crime Lab in Pooler, Georgia, where an autopsy is carried out.

Several agencies, including the Liberty County's Sheriff, the Hinesville police department, the Savannah Police Department Swat, the Sheriff office of the Mcintosh County and Georgia State Patrol responded to Assist.

This is active and continuous. After the conclusion, the case file will be handed over to the Atlantic Justicial Circuit to the district prosecutor of Atlantic.

“This is a rapidly developing situation,” said Kirkendall, “and the examination is still in its infancy.”