Police respond to reports of multiple gunshots fired at a private residence located outside Longview.
Deputy officers with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) were dispatched to investigate a report of gunshots fired from within a Longview residence on Friday, November 15, 2019.
HCSO deputies arrived on the scene of 5859 Lansing Loop in Longview at 07:08 a.m. Sammie Vail and his wife Ashley Vail met the officers upon their arrival and told them they were not allowed to enter the premises. The deputies explained that it was their public duty to make sure no one was injured at the residence as a result of the reported shots fired.
Sammie and Ashley Vail nonetheless refused to allow the officers to enter the property.
The officers quickly overcame the couple’s resistance and searched the premises only to stumble across a clandestine underground laboratory. Ashley Vail was allegedly “tazed” during the incident
according to neighbor Ricky Watson who phoned in the “shots fired”. TGI’s “no-knock plan” failed miserably.
“The deputies had a duty to assure that no one had been injured at the location and entered the property,” according to HCSO Chief Deputy Brandon.
“While checking for injured persons inside the residence, a room containing a Lab to manufacture steroids was located.”