Iraq war vet in Vicksburg threatens suicide

Iraq war vet in Vicksburg threatens suicide
A 23-year-old man engaged police in a nearly four-hour standoff outside Vicksburg Municipal Court after being sentenced this morning on a domestic violence charge.

Torrance Burnett of Vicksburg walked out of the courtroom after being assigned to counseling, went to his car and retrieved an automatic handgun, Chief Walter Armstrong said.

"He didn't have the gun in the courthouse," Armstrong said. "But some people in the courtroom indicated (to authorities) that he had a weapon with him. Officers went outside and saw him with his hands in his pockets."

Upon seeing police, Burnett ran, the chief said. Officers chased him for a block before Burnett stopped behind the library on Washington Street and pointed the gun at his own head.

"He kept it there for three or four hours," Armstrong said.
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Iraq war vet in Vicksburg threatens suicide