Section, Ala., shootoutA Section, Ala., man was found dead inside his home Tuesday after a standoff and an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers who were trying to tear-gas him out of the residence.
Jeremy Daniel Gregory, 31, of County Road 48 in Section, was killed after he traded gunfire with Madison County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team members around 7 a.m. CST Tuesday. The Madison County group was called to the scene after Jackson County deputies responded to a shots-fired call at the same address, officials said.
When Jackson County deputies got to the house just before midnight, Gregory darted back inside to get a gun and fired shots in the direction of the deputies, Jackson County Sheriff Chuck Phillips said Tuesday afternoon. The deputies called for back-up from fellow officers who worked with them to try to coax Gregory out, talking to him with a public address system over the next several hours.
But when that didn’t succeed, Jackson County authorities asked for help from Madison County’s SWAT team, the sheriff said.
“Just before daylight this morning they put some [tear] gas in the house hoping to make him come out,” Phillips said.