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Police in St. Ann, Mo., shot a man that they were evicting from hishome after the 51-year-old allegedly opened fire on them Wednesday.Authorities had used tear gas at the St. Louis suburb residence,setting off the gunfire that ended with the evicted man wounded,according to police. According to CBS St. Louis, Fannie Mae started the foreclosure process in March , after the man stopped making mortgage payments on the house thathe had lived in since childhood. Police and sheriff's deputiesshowed up on the morning of June 6 to serve him with an evictionnotice. Despite "No Trespassing" signs posted in the windows, deputiesapproached the house. According to KSDK-TV, the man answered the door holding a gun and refused to leave the house. CBS St. Louis reports that police fired tear gas into the man's house, after which thesuspect began firing shots. Police returned fire and the suspectwas wounded in the arm and transported to a local hospital withnon-life threatening injuries, according to KMOV 4. No officerswere hit, but the man now faces criminal charges for allegedlyfiring on police, in addition to losing his home. The incident is unusual in the foreclosure process, but underscoresthe extremes to which both public authorities and private sectorbanks can resort in order to evict borrowers, and to whichhomeowners can go to remain in a home. "It's rare," St. Ann Police Chief Bob Schrader told HuffPost,referring to the use of tear gas and gunfire in foreclosureevictions. "Usually we can talk them out." Schrader told KSDK-TV that he had known the man for 30 years, andtried to reason with him at the door. Police aren't releasing the name or address of the resident untilthey file warrants for his arrest, and HuffPost was unable tocontact him for this story. The man worked as a fence builder and was described as a "a reallygood neighbor" by neighbor Mark Voelkerding. Other neighbors toldCBS St. Louis that the man had also been distraught over the recentloss of his mother, but the foreclosure had been his tipping point . Other evictions have turned violent in the past. In 2009, a64-year-old Arizona man who was being evicted from his home was killed in a shoot-out with the SWAT team . And in 2011, a man was shot by police after setting fire to the home from which he was being evicted. Although frightening confrontations during the foreclosure processhave made headlines over the past few years, many high-profilecases have not involved police, but rather banks improperly breaking into homes , changing locks and removing borrowers' belongings. Check out some other foreclosure fails:. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as High Definition Reading Lights , China Solar Power Landscape Lights for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Solar Lawn Lamps.
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