Official press release on Saturday stand off on Lillie Lane

ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2016, AUTHORITIES WITH THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WERE DISPATCHED TO LILLIE LANE, LAWRENCEBURG, TN, IN REFERENCE TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE. DEPUTIES RESPONDED AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM WHO STATED HE HAD BEEN ASSAULTED WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER BY HIS BROTHER, GARY ROBINSON.

DEPUTIES SUMMONED EMS TO TREAT THE VICTIM FOR HIS INJURIES AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH GARY ROBINSON AT HIS RESIDENCE ON LILLIE LANE. DEPUTIES MADE CONTACT WITH GARY ROBINSON AT THE FRONT DOOR OF HIS RESIDENCE WHERE HE REFUSED TO TALK WITH THEM.

GARY ROBINSON ATTEMPTED TO SHUT THE DOOR AND THE DEPUTIES TRIED TO PREVENT HIM FROM DOING SO. WHILE THE DEPUTIES TRIED TO MAKE ENTRY, GARY ROBINSON FIRED A SHOT THROUGH THE DOOR, NARROWLY MISSING BOTH. THE DEPUTIES TOOK COVER AND CALLED FOR BACK UP.

THREE CHILDREN WHO WERE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT ON THERE OWN AND DEPUTIES ESCORTED THEM TO SAFETY. GARY ROBINSON REMAINED BARRICADED IN THE RESIDENCE FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHILE OFFICERS WITH THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH HIM BY CELL PHONE.

THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL DISPATCHED THEIR SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT TO ASSIST AND AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF FAILED NEGOTIATIONS, THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT WAS ABLE TO DEPLOY TACTICS WHICH FORCED GARY ROBINSON TO SURRENDER HIMSELF ON THE FRONT PORCH OF THE RESIDENCE. GARY ROBINSON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

GARY ROBINSON IS BEING HELD AT THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WITHOUT BOND. ONE DEPUTY WAS TREATED FOR INJURIES AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.