Soldier Found Dead After SWAT Standoff

UPDATE

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) — A army spokesperson has released the name of the Soldier found dead by Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department SWAT Wednesday in the Century at Fenwick Apartments in the Berwick area. The Soldier was Spc. Roobelson Viciere, 30, 3rd Infantry Division Artillery.

On Wednesday SCMPD says the solider died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a five-hour police standoff. After the SWAT team finally moved in, they found him dead in his residence in the Century at Fenwick Apartments.

Fenwick Village apartment after SWAT incident 
WTOC News
By Alyssa Hyman
Posted: Apr 29, 2015

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - According to Julian Miller, spokesman for the SCMPD, police and SWAT responded to a barricaded gunman inside of Fenwick Village Wednesday afternoon.

The threat is now over after SWAT made entry into the residence and found the active duty Army member dead after the man threatened suicide.

Neither police nor SWAT fired their weapons, and the man, described by police in his early-30s, was alone in the residence at the time of the entry.

The Army is withholding the man's name until the Army can contact other family members.

Residents are now allowed back into their homes and town houses and children are just now being bused home

Fenwick Village is located at Ogeechee and Berwick Boulevard.

Police received a call around 11:30 a.m. about a man barricaded in his home with weapons.

Multiple units responded to the situation including SWAT, hostage negotiators, fire and more.
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