Police search for man missing after 14-hour standoff

This story was on the news last night and comes from the CBC News in Ottawa.

The suspect didn't live at the house. The woman who does live there asked the police if she can get the dogs during the stand-off and they said no.

The news story showed the inside of the house and there was blood everywhere from the dogs. The woman has already contacted a few lawyers. The dogs were definetely pit or pit type.

They shot the dogs after throwing tear gas in the house? Why would they shoot the dogs if the dogs didn't belong to the suspect and after tear gass was released? What harm could these dogs do and why would they assume they would do any harm? What is the just reason for shooting the womans dogs...because they are Pit bulls or Pit bull mixes?

I think police are getting finger happy using bullie type dogs as target practice for no good reason.

I wanted to share this update with everyone as I think it's important to hear both sides of the story and it's what I expected in the first place. Thank you Lisa for sharing this with me and everyone.

Update: My name is Lisa, the 2 dogs in the above article were named Ca$h & Oz and were more like my children then my dogs. I would like to thank everyone who has shared my outrage and felt sympathy in my time of grieving. My dogs did not attack police, my dogs wouldn`t have attacked anyone, they thought they were lap dogs- they never knew people could be mean, anyone they ever met fell in love with them. They were my best friends there love was completly genuine and unconditional.

Police search for man missing after 14-hour standoff
Friday, September 15, 2006 12:24 PM ET

Police released a photo on Friday of a man they thought had barricaded himself inside a townhouse in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Bells Corners.

When they stormed the townhouse on Thursday after an apparent 14-hour standoff, Trevor Provost was not inside.

Police are looking for Trevor Provost.

As of Friday morning, police were still looking for Provost, 35, for whom they have an arrest warrant.

Police are looking for Trevor Provost.

Police surrounded the house on Richmond Road near Moodie Drive at about midnight on Wednesday, intending to arrest the man for an earlier domestic assault and uttering threats.

A man was in the house at that time and refused to leave, police said. They believed he was alone and unarmed.

Early Thursday morning, armed police officers cleared people out of townhouses on both sides of the residence, although many people stayed in the area to watch.

Ottawa Police surrounded the townhouse at about midnight on Wednesday.(CBC)Meanwhile, they shouted at the house through a megaphone, asking the man to come out with his hands up.

Eventually, police officers obtained a new warrant that allowed them to search the house.

Ottawa Police surrounded the townhouse at about midnight on Wednesday.(CBC)

They smashed the clasp of the front door with a sledgehammer.

Then they threw a volley of tear gas into the house and continued to shout for the man to come out — but drew no response.

Finally, at about noon, the officers broke down the door.

CBC reporters outside heard the sound of gunshots from inside the house.

It turned out that officers found two pit bulls and shot them dead.

What they did not find was the man they were looking for, despite searching the house from top to bottom, said Const. Steven Desjourdy.

"Police searched the whole building, including the attic. There are no holes in the walls to suppose that he did go into another apartment. So we can only suppose that he might have left last night."

The man presumably escaped despite the fact that police had the house surrounded since Wednesday night.

Fifteen to 20 police officers left the scene after the thorough, but futile search.

Police continue searching for the Ottawa man.