A man who had barricaded himself in his mother’s home with a rifle in Crisfield surrendered to police mid-afternoon yesterday.
32 year old Jamie Coulbourne was led away from his home after a three hour standoff with police.
During the standoff WBOC reports that Coulbourne fired a rifle outside a rear window toward two troopers at around 11:30 a.m.
No one was hit.
WBOC reports that he came out the front door but refused to comply with police instructions.
A trooper then fired a less lethal round causing him to stumble.
Businesses and homes around the area were evacuated as a precaution.
His father Ronnie Coulbourne told the Salisbury Daily Times that his son had a drug problem.
He had been scheduled to go to a rehab center yesterday.
Coulbourne’s mother had been in the house but left before the standoff began.
Jamie Coulbourne has been charged with attempted first-degree murder among other charges.
