Barricaded Butte County man fired shots ‘in all directions,’ say court documents 

BUTTE COUNTY — A man who is facing charges successful Butte County aft barricading himself successful a location changeable “in each directions,” causing first responders to tally and duck retired of nan way, according to tribunal documents.

The charges 

Joshua M. Flory, 44, of Moore, is being charged pinch 3 counts of felony aggravated battle pinch a deadly limb and felony supplier trafficking methamphetamine. He besides faces 3 sentencing enhancements for nan usage of a deadly limb successful committee of a felony. 

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The call

The incident happened connected Thursday, May 30, aft 8:40 a.m. Deputies were helping Lost River Ambulance pinch a aesculapian telephone astatine a location successful nan area of 2900 North and 3375 West successful Moore, which is adjacent Arco.

Law enforcement responded owed to “numerous calls” for Flory because he was “extremely paranoid” and was known to “possess galore firearms,” tribunal documents said. 
 
According to an affidavit of probable revenge by nan Butte County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Dave Hansen talked pinch a comparative and different female extracurricular of nan home. He was told that an EMT had arrived and had gone wrong nan location already.

Sheriff describes what happened

As he was talking, Hansen heard a gunshot, followed by respective much successful “rapid succession,” tribunal documents said. 

“I could spot nan solid breaking from nan model arsenic bullets passed done it complete nan caput of nan (women) and I,” he wrote. 

Documents said that he did not return occurrence astatine that constituent owed to nan truth that he didn’t cognize if nan EMT had gotten out. Hansen evacuated nan women and different group coming from nan area. 

The EMT who had went wrong nan location was capable to make it retired safely and reported what happened to nan sheriff. 

What happened to nan EMT

He said he was pinch different of Flory’s relatives, and they approached Flory and started talking to him. The EMT told Flory he knew him from erstwhile encounters. Flory acknowledged nan EMT and said thing to nan effect that he knew nan EMT but wanted to cognize who nan man down nan wall was, documents said. 

It’s chartless whom Flory was referring to, arsenic “there was nary man down a wall,” according to tribunal records. 

Flory allegedly took retired a achromatic assault-style firearm he had connected him and past pointed it astatine nan EMT. The EMT and nan 2nd comparative ran, documents said. 

The EMT said he heard a information occurrence and passed a fewer inches from his head. He saw it deed a wall straight successful beforehand of him arsenic he ran. Other shots were fired. 

Courtesy Bingham County Sheriff’s Office

Shots fired successful each directions

Over nan people of nan adjacent respective hours, Flory continued to occurrence rounds “indiscriminately” retired of nan residence successful each directions, reports said. 

At 1 point, deputies took screen down vehicles.

“While down our vehicles taking screen … a changeable was fired highly adjacent to my head,” nan sheriff wrote. He had to duck adjacent to nan ground. 

The main lawman went astir nan vicinity to cheque to make judge adjacent homes were evacuated. As she was checking, aggregate rounds were fired successful her direction. One passed adjacent capable to her caput that she removed her chapeau to cheque to spot if it had been hit, documents said. It is chartless if it was hit.

More rule enforcement arrives to help

At astir 10 a.m., nan Bingham County Sheriff’s Office was made alert of a confirmed “active shooter threat” that was ongoing. The STAR squad came to assist. Click here to publication astir nan team.

Law enforcement agencies coordinated a plan. Measures were past taken to safely spot into nan home, while announcements were continually made to inquire Flory to surrender, nan Bingham County Sheriff’s Office said successful a news release. 

Various attempts astatine negotiations were unsuccessful.

He surrenders

Then, astatine 3:30 p.m., Flory came retired nan beforehand doorway and was taken into custody without further incident. The location was cleared for imaginable explosives by nan Bonneville County/IFPD Bomb Squad and past by SWAT personnel, the sheriff’s agency said. 

During a hunt warrant of nan home, aggregate firearms were seized, arsenic good arsenic assemblage armor, components utilized to make explosive devices, thousands of rounds of ammunition and methamphetamine.

No injuries were reported successful this full incident, which lasted astir 7 hours. 

Flory is scheduled for a preliminary proceeding connected June 14 astatine 9 a.m. successful Butte County. He was fixed a $500,000 bond. 

Though Flory has been charged pinch these crimes, it does not needfully mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed guiltless until they are proven guilty.

Courtesy Bingham County Sheriff’s Office