This article originally appeared in the May 7 issue of the Old Colony Memorial, it is the third in a series by several authors.
All around the duplex, the area is flooded with light and sound. Yellow tape and sawhorses stand between police vehicles holding back neighbors clutching cups from Dunkin’ Donuts.
Police officers draped in black grab gas masks and assault weapons. Commanders bark orders. Sirens blare. Snipers are stationed at high points looking into windows at the barricaded suspect.
Away from all of the commotion, Isabel Eonas and other members of the Metro Crisis Negotiating Team wait by the phone.
“All of the training in the world really doesn’t prepare you for the crises that always tend to happen just after midnight,” Eonas said.