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Negotiators Coaxed Barricade Suspect With Doughnuts During 34-Hour Standoff Negotiators Coaxed Barricade Suspect With Doughnuts During 34-Hour Standoff
Negotiators Coaxed Barricade Suspect With Doughnuts During 34-Hour Standoff In exchange for doughnuts, negotiators were able to get Brittany Copelin to throw out the magazine inside of her semiautomatic pistol during a 34-hour standoff that brought Richmond Highway to a halt up until her surrender on Thursday, March 30. Police are detailing the negotiation tactics and the events that led up to the barricade situation in Fairfax County, VA. Officers were called to the scene by a victim reported missing out of Laurel, MD on Tuesday, March 28. That victim told authorities she'd been abducted, Chief Kevin Davis said during a press briefing Thursday, March 30. That…

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