We had a sorta interesting morning today.... Matt and Jim, one of our crews went out this morning to set up a GPS base station and came across a damaged pickup truck with a wheel torn off from a collision with a guard rail ...they stopped to see if the person inside needed assistance ....the person inside pulled a gun so Matt and Jim took off running....they radioed us at base camp a few hundred feet away and we called the police... Me and one of our other guys ran outside across the Lot as the road with the damaged pickup truck crossed in front of the lot and we could see the cop car approach... when the cop got close by the guy in the truck opened fire on him and the cop sped through over a bridge to take cover....two more cop cars showed and then a gun fight ensued....the guy dumped a clip of ammunition at the cops who were sheltering behind their car doors but I saw one officer crumple to the ground...about 5 seconds later the cops returned fire on the cab of the truck with glass, smoke, debris flying off all over. Maybe 12 to 15 shots...I don't see how he could have survived the barrage...One of the cops helped his buddy up and he leg hopped him to a squad car and drove out backwards to the hospital that was nearby...Matt and Jim hit the ground when the Cops opened fire as they were inline on the other side of the truck....
about ten minutes later we heard a single shot fired...he ended up killing himself...
So glad you are OK... NOTHING IS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN TO OUR DARYL!!! :-@ Our "Chuck Norris" of Surveying!! 😀
I posted how I felt on your status on FB...You know we all love you very much around here!!! :love: Please stay safe and get home soon. :angel:
I'm speechless. Glad you and your guys are OK. Hope the troopers recover quickly.
Wow, just wow! Glad you're all okay.
wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow...
I'm certainly glad that you and your crew are safe and sound. It's never ending excitement and drama in Alaska, huh?
just kidding, sorry
I hope everybody survives the after effects too.
Carl
YIKES!!!
Stay safe my friend......
We had a sorta interesting morning today
Man, I would love to read what you would qualify as interesting. That is one wild story, glad the surveyors are not hurt.
Glad to hear that everyone is okay!
Whew! Glad all are safe!
That sounds like enough excitement for a week. Glad your crew is safe.
Daryl gets to do all the neat stuff.;-)
Note to Jim Fleming.........
Don't go any further north than Fort St. John......:'(
Where is your camera? That would of been awesome video!
Glad your crew got away without harm, also glad that your curiosity didn't turn out bad.
jud
Well your guy's didn't get any credit in the news release. Surveyors are unsung heroes.
That would definitely have been one of those times where doing your flaming machete twirling and dancing would have turned out more like the guy in the Indiana Jones movie who brought a sword to a gun fight.
Before I read the post, I thought it might have been about a poster from Mark Deal's original board who went by the alias of Bad Guy. He seemed to be a real PIA.
My colleague video'ed up close, clear and stable footage of the entire fire fight, but we can not post it at the moment
Glad your guys are OK Daryl! Too close for comfort!
> Before I read the post, I thought it might have been about a poster from Mark Deal's original board who went by the alias of Bad Guy. He seemed to be a real PIA.
I remember that guy! One of the first internet trolls I experienced. Always kicking the dog, just to hear him yelp.
Rick
Is that the Kotzebue story I read about in ADN?
