Foreclosed On Homeowner Wanted Cops To Kill Him

AZCentral.com

As officers closed in, Kurt Aho drank his beer, ignoring commands to drop his gun. Before police arrived he told neighbors he refused to surrender himself or the home he lived in for nearly 30 years. Faced with foreclosure and stacks of medical bills to treat a recurring battle with cancer, the 64-year-old squared off Tuesday against a team of Phoenix police sharpshooters moments after he shot out the tires of two trucks parked on his cul-de-sac near Bell Road and 31st Avenue.

Aho opened fire on the vehicles when the drivers, who earlier in the day had bought his home at a foreclosure auction, showed up to ask Aho when he planned to vacate the property.

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