SWAT ends hours-long standoff after man fires at park ranger in Martin County

A man fired shots at a park ranger and then barricaded himself in his mother’s home for several hours Sunday evening, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.

The incident began at about 6 p.m. just behind Jonathan Dickinson State Park’s Boy Scout Camp.

The ranger, who lives and works there, reported that a group of five men, including the two brothers, had jumped the fence into the park to go fishing. When the ranger asked them to leave, the situation escalated…

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