North Carolina Senate candidate arrested after armed standoff with police

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 27 Oct, 00:56 · Archive

A Libertarian candidate for North Carolina state Senate was taken into custody after an hours-long armed standoff with police on Monday.

Jonathan D. Miller, the Libertarian candidate for North Carolina's 16th Senate District near Raleigh, was arrested on Monday afternoon following an hours-long standoff with police. Miller had posted on social media Sunday night expressing suicidal thoughts, prompting officers to conduct a welfare check at his apartment in Cary around 8.26am Monday. When police arrived and found him with a firearm, they ordered him not to touch it, but he refused and fled into the woods behind his apartment complex.

Police deployed a SWAT team and brought in negotiators to speak with Miller. During the standoff, he continued posting updates to social media. At 9.38am he wrote: 'The whole police department is chasing me with guns drawn. This should be fun.' He later posted that he had 'six shots and the high ground' as officers closed in. He also called a local news station during the standoff.

Miller, who describes himself as a carpenter and former small-business owner, is running against a Democratic incumbent and a Republican contender in the 3 November election. He was taken into custody without shots being fired. Cary Police Chief Terry Sult said the department's goal was 'to protect life - his life and those that he might encounter'. Miller was charged with communicating threats, resisting officers and going armed to the terror of people. The standoff prompted a nearby private school to go under lockdown.

How it is being reported

• North Carolina political candidate arrested after disturbing live posts during hours-long standoff with policeJonathan D Miller, the Libertarian Party candidate for a state Senate seat, was taken into custody at around 3pm following an hours-long standoff with police in Cary.Daily Mail · 27 Oct, 00:46
• Unhinged NC state Senate candidate arrested after live-posting through police standoff: ‘I have 6 rounds and the high ground’Jonathan D. Miller, the Libertarian candidate for North Carolina's 16th Senate District in the suburbs of Raleigh, was taken into custody Monday afternoon with no shots fired, WRAL reported.New York Post · 26 Oct, 20:52

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