SWAT Officer Ends Hours-Long Standoff by Singing ‘White Christmas’ to Suspect

On Christmas day, Nathaniel Lewis, a 34-year-old member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, began behaving erratically after separating from his wife, authorities in the East Vincent Township in Pennsylvania said.

“An hours-long standoff ensued with Lewis firing at police officers from a second-story bedroom. Bullets struck the sides of an armored police vehicle, a civilian’s vehicle, and a nearby home,” the local CBS affiliate in Philadelphia reported. . . 

The local SWAT team was called in to handle the situation.

Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan says police initially conducted a wellness check on Lewis after his wife asked for a separation. Lewis refused to come out of the house, and then took his rifle, firing some 20 shots at officers outside.

Nearly nine hours later, Lewis demanded a negotiator sing him “White Christmas.” Four verses later, Lewis came out.

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