SWAT bodycam video captures tense moments inside BearCat during a deadly police standoff in Stamford
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Stamford, CT - New video captured the tense moments when shots were fired at authorities during a deadly standoff last week in Stamford, Connecticut.
The standoff ended with 63-year-old Jed Parkington taking his own life after talking to a police negotiator, but there are still many questions left unanswered.
Video captured the sound of bullets hitting an armored vehicle exactly one week ago.
The heavy gunfire erupted shortly after a state marshal showed up to evict homeowners after foreclosure, but Parkington refused to leave, barricaded himself inside, and opened fire on police, who returned fire.
During the hours-long standoff, Stamford police used drones to keep tabs on Parkington's position in the house, and to access what weapons he may have had.
A police negotiator communicated with the suspect by phone but couldn't convince him to surrender -- though he was quite vocal about his grievances.
"How can they throw people out if they don't have any place to put them except for a shelter," Parkington said. "I moved in when I was 40. Now I have to move out in my 60s, with arthritis, depression."
Some six hours after the standoff began, police reported hearing a single gunshot from inside the house.
A short time later, a drone confirmed the suspect was down, from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
Drone video also revealed a grenade, pipe bomb and other explosive devices inside, but perhaps the most shocking discovery was human remains which still have yet to be identified.
While police do not know who those remains belong to, the medical examiner has determined the cause of death: blunt impact injuries of the head and torso with gagging. The manner of death has been determined to be homicide.
Parkington's wife is still being questioned, though the 63-year-old could be heard on the phone with the negotiator saying, "She knows nothing. I did all this stuff. She was already with her daughter."