Chiloquin man arrested after standoff with KCSO deputies

Additional information from 1/20/2020:

Chiloquin, Ore. – A Klamath County man is in jail following an armed standoff with police Sunday.

Officers drove to Chiloquin to talk with 55 year old Steven Earl White about his alleged improper use of 911.

Deputies say that when they arrived, White fired several shots at their patrol car.

Highway 97 was shut down, and traffic was detoured as a precaution.

SWAT teams and an armored personnel carrier were called in.

“After hours of attempting to negotiate with Mr. White, we were planning a tactical advance onto the house.”  Notes Lieutenant Randall P. Swan of the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office.  “And prior to our arrival to the house, it actually caught fire.”

White left the home, and was taken into custody as the fire burned.

He faces multiple charges including attempted aggravated murder, and first degree arson.

 

CHILOQUIN, ORE — Highway 97 is back open and one man is in custody after a nearly day long stand off near Chiloquin.

The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office tells us they were called to reports of shots fired around 1:30pm Sunday, along Highway 97 near South Chiloquin Road.

When deputies arrived the suspect, identified as Steven White, started shooting at them from inside a home. No one was hurt, but a patrol car was hit.

Deputies closed down the highway, while they tried to talk with White in an effort to get him to surrender.

They say around 9:30pm Sunday, deputies were about to enter the home to arrest White but he started a fire in an effort to avoid being arrested.

That didn’t work though, he is now in the Klamath County Jail facing 8 charges including unlawful use of a weapon and arson in the first degree.

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