A 107-year-old man has been shot dead in a shootout with armed cops at his home.
Officers were called to the home of pensioner Monroe Isadore, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, following reports that he was holding two people hostage at gunpoint.
The victims were eventually released but when negotiation talks broke down and Isadore began shooting at cops, a SWAT team stormed the house after pumping gas into the bedroom.
They used a distraction device before shooting the OAP dead.
A police statement issued to CBS said: "SWAT. inserted gas into the room, after it was evident negotiations were unsuccessful, in hopes Isadore would surrender peacefully.
"When the gas was inserted into the room, Isadore fired rounds at the SWAT officers that had inserted the gas from outside a bedroom window.
"Shortly afterwards, a SWAT entry team, inside the residence, breached the door to the bedroom and threw a distraction device into the bedroom. Isadore then began to fire on the entry team and the entry team engaged Isadore, killing him."
- Mirror
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