Police said Curtis Zimmerman, 55, refused to leave his home during an eight-hour standoff with officials in an unincorporated part of Florence,Kentucky .- The Boone County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that deputies were called to the scene around 1 a.m. on Monday after an arm-wrestling match between Zimmerman and his son led to a fight and gunfire.
- The sheriff's office said Zimmerman got "agitated" after losing multiple times, and after getting into a fight with his son, who is a minor, he fired his gun twice.
- When deputies arrived on scene, Zimmerman refused to leave his home for eight hours.
A father-son arm-wrestling match in Kentucky led to an eight-hour standoff with officials when the 55-year-old father pulled out a gun after multiple losses to his minor son, according to a statement from the Boone County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office said that Curtis Zimmerman faces charges of wanton endangerment following the incident in an unincorporated part of Florence, Kentucky.
Deputies were called to Zimmerman's home at 1 a.m. on Monday after a dispute between the man and his son, the sheriff's office said.
Zimmerman, according to the sheriff's office, was intoxicated when he challenged his son — who officials say is a minor and has not been publicly identified — to an arm-wrestling contest.
Zimmerman lost several times, and became "agitated," leading to a physical fight between him and his son, the sheriff's office said.
As his son tried to go upstairs in the house, Zimmerman grabbed his gun and fired two shots. He told deputies he fired the shots at the ceiling.
When deputies arrived on the scene, Zimmerman refused to leave the home, leading to an eight-hour standoff that involved the Boone County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team and the Florence Police Department SWAT Team.
Zimmerman was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation after he finally cooperated with officials.
The sheriff's office said he faces one count of wanton endangerment in the first degree, a Class D Felony.
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