His weekend arrest is a violation of that parole. He has been on parole following his release from a state prison in July, state records show. Gallaway is likely to remain locked now for a while.

Officials said they did not want to escalate the situation further and risk more harm to the boy. No one was hurt, and authorities did not return fire. Once SWAT was on scene, Gallway fired several more bullets, striking an armored SWAT vehicle and a SWAT robot, officials reported. When deputies responded, Gallaway allegedly fired shots at them, so they took cover and summoned the SWAT team. They left her son behind with the gunman and called the police. He pulled out a gun, and that's when she ran out, along with a male friend, Trammell. He demanded money from her, and she refused, Jones said.

Gazaway got into a dispute with the boy's mother inside the woman's apartment late Friday, according to Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones. Wednesday, jail officials said.Īn investigation continues into what led up to the standoff. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance in Butler County Area II Court at 8:30 a.m. Rodderick Trammell was released on $750 bond at 10:30 a.m. The standoff unfolded late Friday through early Sunday, when officials say he surrendered after a car he was in with the boy ran out of gas.Ī second man arrested at the standoff already is out of jail. Sheriff: Standoff suspect used child hostage as 'human shield' Officials with the Butler County Sheriff's Office say Gazaway fired 20 to 30 bullets at them while keeping a 10-year-old boy in front of him. Gazaway is charged with kidnapping, felonious assault and inducing panic. That's when authorities say he finally surrendered to a SWAT team after holding them at bay since late Friday. Gazaway has been held without bond at the jail since Sunday morning.

video arraignment in Butler County Area II Court from the county jail. HAMILTON - The man charged with holding a child hostage and firing multiple rounds at police during a 30-hour standoff made his first court appearance Tuesday.Ī Butler County judge ordered Donald Gazaway, 31, to stay away from the Liberty Township apartment where the standoff unfolded and set his bail at $1 million.

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