Man Threatens Police with Weapons, Standoff Ends Peacefully

0:00It's April 21st, from your city to your ears. This is Hartford News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. A 20-year-old man from Norwalk faced a rest Monday night after locking himself inside a home on Doc Road and threatening police with deadly force. It started as a psychiatric emergency call around 8.59 pm, an officer found David Erick Winger on the porch bleeding from his hand, holding a saw and a knife. He kept yelling threats, threw what turned out to be an airsoft pistol at them, and later made in hurled a Molotov cocktail, plus knives from inside. Officers saw him rigging up more weapons, like taping a knife to a pole for a spear, turning it into an hour's long standoff. Crisis negotiators stepped in, working hard to talk him down without anyone getting hurt. No officers were injured, which speaks volumes about there. Training Police brass praised the team's restraint in handling the chaos. Around 12.43 pm, the next day, negotiators convinced Winger to come out peacefully, leading

1:04to his quicker rest and booking at. Headquarters He's hid with two counts each of attempted assault on officers and first-degree reckless endangerment, plus first-degree threatening. Held on a $250,000 bond, Winger's due in court May 4th, highlighting how de-escalation training keeps these tense scenes.