This sounds really fucked up, it is... but I wonder why the police were there to enforce Homeowner's Association shit? Normally they'd fine him and then seize the property if he didn't pay/mow his yard, police would never be involved in this until eviction. Unless, and this might be unpopular with Poal readers... **This guy was probably a gigantic, raging asshole.** He probably had a rap sheet, he probably made some threats and spazzed out. Why do I think this? Because the guy doesn't mow his lawn. Why won't he mow his yard? Is it because... he's a lazy piece of shit? And that when his neighbors report his shitty property, which is shitting up the neighborhood, he probably argues with his neighbors and threatens them in retaliation. Idk, I'm basing all of this **off of a fucking headline.** I find it hard to believe that it went like "HOA calls him and threatens a fine, he says 'no', and a SWAT team is immediately sent to his house where they order him to mow the yard. They then shout 'mow your lawn, asshole' through a megaphone, as he barricades his house and threatens to murder anyone who comes onto his (3' tall) lawn." That just doesn't seem like how things would play out. EDIT: I was right. From the article, the guy was a total fucking prick that had been shitting up the neighborhood for quite some time. He's such a piece of shit, the cops had to get involved, and then *the city sent workers to mow the lawn FOR HIM.* So he opened fire from his house on the guys that were mowing his lawn, then barricaded himself, and set his house on fire. Ran outside as he was being overwhelmed with the smoke, carrying his rifle, and was shot on the way out. I want to see the footage of the incident before I make my final absolute judgement, but I'm 90% sure this guy was a prick who deserved to be shot, and that the world is better without him. Opening fire on people mowing your lawn, fucking insane, most of us would *love* to have our lawns mowed for free (if done well).