Snake Valley makes the News - for all the wrong reasons!

[bartman (Bart)]

Sorry to hear about this Ken,
Those gunshots dont sound to good. Maybe he slipped out and tried to make a run for it????
Have the cops cars stop circling?
You and Cheryl take care.....
Bartman

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

UPDATE

Ed was arrested at 12:30am after his 27 hour siege.
I am glad no-one was shot.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mor...-1226075256602

But what was the display of massive gunfire at 2am for?
Special Forces letting off steam?

Now to start the healing process for his family.

Phew, I am so glad the siege is over!
Yes Bart, all the cars have gone now. They all seemed to have left only about 15 mins ago (2:45am).

Thanks everyone for your comments.

[renormalised (Carl)]

All that rapid gunfire so late after Ed was arrested....that was probably all those cops having a go at the rabbits and foxes

[niko]

Ken,

I'm really sorry to hear about all those dramas. Poor guy, what torment he must be going through.

I know that you and your family will be terrific support to his family as they rebuild from such an awful night. You and Cheryl and the kids are terrific people and they will need friends like you in the coming months.

Take care of yourselves too and this'll be a huge shock to the community.

cheers

niko

[Cloudyagain (Neale)]

Sorry to hear of your friend and his family Ken.

I hope all returns to normal for everyone ASAP.

Neale.

[Paddy (Patrick)]

Ken, I'm glad to hear that your friend and his family are all safe. Hopefully everyone gets some good professional help to heal. I know that having a someone like you as a friend will make a huge difference.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Thanks everyone.

The good news is that they haven't thrown the book at Ed or treated him like some Waco Texas lunatic.

He was talked out by some mates (I haven't found out who yet), the Police handled him like a victim not a perpetrator, he was taken to the police station to get some sleep then after that taken for Physchiatric help.

The Police are saying that he may not even be charged for anything yet.
Whichever way this goes, Ed will receive help.
His family is surrounded by friends ready to help. Yes, me and my family included.
And the kids have terrific supportive friends at school. There are 5 of them. The 2 High School kids weren't at the house during all this.

This has been the best outcome of a very bad situation.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Thankfully, everything looks like it's going to turn out alright. From what you've said, Ken, it looks like they're going to go light on him and so they should. The man needs help more than anything else and they should go out of their way to give him the help he needs. That may also mean flying out family from the US, or at least have them fly out themselves to stay with him for awhile. With your help and the help of the rest of his friends, I think things will progressively get better.

[Paddy (Patrick)]

That is very good news, Ken. Sounds like he will be helped. And being treated thoughtfully and with compassion by the police is a very good start.

[Chillie (Henry)]

Thanks for the update Ken. I have been listening to it unfolding on the scanner (police frequency) and know it was a big operation.

I heard he gave up on the news.

BTW I have 2 scanners going in the background now listening to the police.

[toc (Tim)]

Wow, I saw this on the news and had to do a double take when I heard 'Snake Valley'. So glad it worked out the way it did. Hope he gets all the help he needs.