Osan crisis team talks armed airman into turning self in

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Osan crisis team talks armed airman into turning self in
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, February 4, 2009

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — An Air Force police officer who left Osan Air Base with a loaded handgun while off duty talked of possibly killing himself, but a crisis negotiation team persuaded him to return to base, officials said.

There were no injuries in the weekend incident, which began late Friday night and ended hours later.

Officials Monday disclosed details of the incident, which led authorities to set up a dragnet in the area.

South Korean police manned roadblocks and deployed officers to Osan Air Base to work with police there to locate the airman.

Base police mobilized their crisis negotiation team and by about 1 a.m. were in phone contact with him.


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