Andres "Andy" Gonzalez
Name: Andres "Andy" Gonzalez
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 06/12/2012
Location: 304 Box Butte Ave.
Alliance, Nebraska, 69301
County: Box Butte
Agency: Nebraska State Patrol, Alliance Police Department
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: Andres "Andy" Gonzalez reportedly entered Thiele Pharmacy and Gifts with guns, demanded drugs and barricaded himself inside. Gonzalez took the pharmacy's owner, Charles Lierk, hostage, and held police at bay for the next 14 hours. SWAT officers stormed an adjoining building and then exchanged 30-40 rounds with Gonzalez. Gonzalez was killed in the shootout. Lierk was shot in his right arm. APD officers Kirk Felker and Matt Shannon, and trooper Tim Flick were also wounded. Police later found the body of Gonzalez's father, Larry Gonzalez, 62, in his home. During the standoff, Gonzalez also reportedly confessed to murdering Josh Bullock the previous December
Unique ID: 11423
News article: Link
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