Chillicothe SWAT was called to a Pickaway County stand-off Friday morning near West Ohio Street.
Earlier in the day, police received several 9-1-1 calls saying that someone was shooting in the area. Police went to the area and talked with witnesses, who said that Christopher Rogers was chasing a vehicle down the street on foot and firing a gun at the people inside.
When police approached Rogers and tried to question him, he ran into his apartment at 121 West Ohio Street, unit 2 and barricaded himself inside. While outside securing the area, police noticed that Rogers’ vehicle had multiple bullet holes.
“Mr. Rogers alluded to the fact that there were multiple people that shot his vehicle,” police said in a release.
Inside his house, Rogers called police but refused to come out, threatening to stay inside, shouting that he “was not going back to jail.”
Before Chillicothe SWAT could arrive, Rogers surrendered without incident, police said. He was charged with Felony-3 Tampering with Evidence, Felony-3 Weapons Under Disability, F-3 Discharging a Firearm on or Near Prohibited Premises, and Felony-5 Obstructing Official Business.
A second arrest was made on Kelsey Jenkins for Felony-5 Obstructing Official Business because police claim she lied to them. Rogers is currently out on bond on charges of Weapons Under Disability, Tampering with Evidence, Trafficking in Marijuana and Obstructing Official Business on other charges and his bond is expected to be revoked in those cases.
