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HOWLAND -- A police report sheds more light on what unfolded during an all-night standoff that began Tuesday and ended Wednesday morning.
At 8:11 p.m. police were dispatched to the 3639 Highlawn Ave. SE home of Randall Fife, who police say held his mother and others inside during the 12-hour standoff.
The report states that a woman called police to report that her boyfriend's brother, Fife, "was going crazy" inside the home.
Another caller, Fife's sister, also phoned 911 saying her brother had a gun in his hands -- and that Fife was going to shoot their brother and mother, who had barricaded themselves in a bedroom.
Fife's sister said she went upstairs and hid under a bed as she continued to talk to dispatch.
Arriving at the residence, the report states that officers saw Fife standing in a window with what later turned out to be a shotgun.
Fife then opened the back door and officers reported hearing a "loud sound" prompting them to return to their cruisers because of the lack of visibility of the home, the report states.
Several law enforcement agencies later arrived to assist Howland Police Department helping to establish a perimeter.
Speaking to Fife over loudspeaker, officers received no response.
Howland police Chief Nick Roberts and assistant Chief Jeff Urso then were contacted, the report states.
From inside the home, Fife's mother was updating dispatch, telling them that Fife had been pacing around the living room and singing that he was crazy.
At one point she overheard him say, "good people have to die."
After another failed attempt to reach Fife, police were able to collect a phone number to contact him. Fife answered and police asked what was going on inside.
"I think you know what's going on here," he said before ending the call.
Fife then closed all the window blinds in the home.
Police dispatchers still were in contact with Fife's mother who, along with the man's brother, were advised to stay barricaded. His mother continued relaying information.
Outside, police still were attempting to speak to Fife andtrying to evacuate nearby neighbors.
Police say that they still could see Fife pacing in the living room and kitchen.
The Mahoning County Crisis Response Team and negotiators arrived but calls to Fife were unsuccessful, the report states.
Roberts and Urso arrived at the on-scene command post.
At 7:15 a.m., officers entered the back door and were hit with buckshot after Fife shot at them, the report states. Two officers were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
Fife was struck by gunfire from police and was transported by the Howland Fire Department to St. Joseph Warren Hospital before being flown to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown.
Multiple police agencies responded to the area including Hubbard, Niles, Liberty, Weathersfield and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Fife's condition was not known Thursday.