Iraq Veteran Getting Help After False Report Led to SWAT Standoff

Man in custody after West Toledo standoff 
Toledo Blade
BY MIKE SIGOV BLADE STAFF WRITER
September 7, 2015

Mr. McGranahan had served two tours of duty in Iraq, been wounded in the back, and awarded a Purple Heart. The woman, Shirley Mowery, said her grandson suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, but was not capable of hurting anyone.

Toledo police have identified Donald McGranahan II as the main taken in custody after a standoff with police in West Toledo today.

Shortly after 1 p.m. a police SWAT team led him away from the house in the 1400 block of Gage Road where he’d been holding them at bay for about two hours. He was wearing body armor, police said. Mr. McGranahan, 32, called 911 just after 11 a.m. and said he had just shot his girlfriend at the home and that he had her children tied up in the bathroom, police said.

The caller also allegedly threatened to shoot police, they said.

Police negotiators went to the home, where they later learned the caller’s claims about hurting a woman and children were false.

The woman he mentioned was safe and in another location and no children were at the house or harmed, Toledo Police Lt. Joe Heffernan said.

Toledo Police Chief George Kral said Mr. McGranahan surrendered after negotiators had him speak with his relatives.

After searching the home, police determined no one else was inside and though several loaded firearms were later found in the house, the man had not wielded one during the standoff.
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UPDATE 9/8/2015
Man taken into custody after standoff pleads not guilty