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Several law enforcement agencies involved in Schulenburg standoff

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  • Originally published June 30, 2008 at 1:06 a.m., updated June 30, 2008 at 1:06 a.m.

SCHULENBURG – David Mark Benes was transported by helicopter to Brackenridge Hospital in Austin following a standoff with police on Sunday afternoon.

Schulenburg police chief Randy Mican said Benes was alone in a house on Pierce Street when police responded to a welfare check call on the residence. Benes was threatening suicide.

La Grange, Weimar, Fayette County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Public Safety officers joined Schulenburg police in the standoff.

Mican said Benes was taken to Austin with non-life threatening injuries.

The incident at the house on the dead end street left neighbors speculating on what had happened.

“I saw the helicopter, but I didn’t know what he was doing,” said neighbor Dallas Booker. “I couldn’t get to my house because the street was barricaded. I was gone and somebody told me, ‘You can’t go home. They’ve been shooting.’”


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  • Riverboat Riverboat Report a ViolationReport a Violation Permalink

    There are two very good reasons why law enforcement was involved:

    1. Threatening to kill someone, even oneself, is AGAINST THE LAW!

    2. A person threatening to kill himself has been to known to take others with him, or already has. If I got a call of a potential suicide, I couldn't help wondering how many bodies are already lying in a pool of blood somewhere in the vicinity. At the very least, I'd want to stop him to find out where the victims are to save the expense of a cadaver-sniffing dog.

    July 1, 2008 at 1:28 a.m.
  • romonak romonak Report a ViolationReport a Violation Permalink

    unfortunately, the law does not allow law enforcement to just "let" people kill themselves.

    June 30, 2008 at 1:20 p.m.