Startled neighbors awakened by what sounded like gunshots at troubled home

By Patric Hedlund

Monday morning June 15 dawned bright and peaceful in Frazier Park. Carl Coffee was out in his yard, practicing chainsaw sculpting, making three foot tall mushrooms and bears from tree stumps. But it had been a wild night.

“I woke up about 4 a.m. It sounded like gunfire. It rattled all the windows. The police were…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions:

Eric Futrell’s home on Hale Trail looks onto the deck and the room where Jeffrey Richardson’s drama played out through the night of June 14.

Above, the back of the house, where KCSO spotlights lit up the deck and living room. Left, look closely, two snipers in the dark, below the base of the house, in a wash. Right, a ridge that served as a SWAT overlook, from which one of the gas devices was fired.

Duenckel-Richardson home

Futrell’s roof

Sniper overlook ledge

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This is part of the June 19, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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