The scene of the officer-involved shooting and standoff with 53-year-old suspect and ex-convict, Daniel Jolliffe, at the Broadmoor Manor apartment complex near Seattle’s Madison Park Neighborhood, on June 20, was chaotic.
Body-worn cameras revealed three Seattle Police Officers who responded to a 911 domestic violence call there, found the woman victim screaming after being shot in her back. As they tried to help the victim, Jolliffe ran upstairs to the second-floor unit and started firing a handgun at the officers through a window. Officers returned fire before retreating for cover with the victim.
However, during those critical moments and hours-long standoff with Jolliffe, who was armed and actively shooting from inside the apartment, SPD was forced to ask other law enforcement agencies for reinforcements, including technology, like drones to surveil the scene and open a line of communication with Jolliffe…