Pleasant Hill police have issued a second shelter-in-place order for a neighborhood where a man allegedly shot his wife through a locked garage door. The woman was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released from the hospital. The husband barricaded himself inside the house during an hours-long standoff with SWAT teams, but they eventually disengaged from the scene. Police continue to monitor the area and reach out to the man, who has been posting on social media, including messages that indicate he may be suicidal. Surrounding streets have been reopened, and there is currently no indication of danger to the neighborhood.
The University of North Carolina issued a shelter-in-place order and alerted the community about an armed and dangerous person on or near campus. After a large police presence and the release of a photo of a person of interest, an all clear alert was issued. Classes and events were canceled for the day, and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper pledged state resources to capture the shooter and protect the campus.
A shelter-in-place order has been lifted after an ammonia leak at Thompson Packers in Slidell, Louisiana prompted an evacuation of the facility. The leak has been contained to the building, and first responders have set up appropriate measures. Residents in the area were advised to take shelter, and streets were blocked off by law enforcement. Responders are still working the scene, and people are advised to avoid the area.
The shelter-in-place order for residents near Cottonwood Village Mobile Home Park in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has been lifted after the suspect, Martin Jemez, who caused the order, managed to evade the police three times over the past two days.
A shelter-in-place order for residents in the Tacoma, Wash., region was lifted on Monday, two days after a fishing vessel caught fire in the Puget Sound area, sending thick smoke into the air and diverting maritime traffic. The cause of the fire was under investigation, and the Environmental Protection Agency was monitoring air quality in the surrounding areas as a precautionary measure. The vessel was reported to have an estimated 55,000 gallons of diesel and 19,000 pounds of Freon, a noncombustible gas commonly used as a refrigerant.
