ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1011 HRS BRYAN HOUSER CONTACTED THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER ABOUT A DOMESTIC SITUATION AT HIS RESIDENCE ON NORTH FORK RD IN BOSTIC. HE ADVISED THAT SOMEONE WAS THERE TRYING TO KILL HIM, AND REQUESTED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES RESPONDED, AND MET HOUSER'S FATHER , WHO SUFFERED MULTIPLE LACERATIONS FROM A KNIFE, WHO ADVISED THAT HIS SON WAS THE SUSPECT.
DEPUTIES WENT TO 321 NORTH FORK RD TO MAKE CONTACT WITH BRYAN HOUSER. DEPUTY TYLER GREENE SPOKE WITH HIM THRU THE DOOR, AND ASKED FOR HIM TO COME OUTSIDE TO SPEAK WITH HIM. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF HOUSER NOT COMING OUT, DEPUTIES HEARD A GUNSHOT COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. HOUSER STILL REFUSED TO COME OUT AND SPEAK WITH OFFICERS FROM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE. RUTHERFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM WAS ACTIVATED. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY RUTHERFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TO HAVE HOUSER COME OUT AND SPEAK WITH THE OFFICERS. HOUSER REFUSED AND FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS AT OFFICERS.
WITH THE HELP OF HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SWAT TEAM, AND FOREST CITY POLICE DEPT SWAT TEAM, HOUSER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT APPROXIMATELY 0725 AM ON SEPTEMBER 21ST 2015. CLEVELAND, BUNCOMBE, AND MCDOWELL SHERIFFS OFFICE SWAT TEAMS WERE ENROUTE TO ASSIST, BUT FORTUNATLY WERE NOT NEEDED. HOUSER WAS TAKEN TO RUTHERFORD REGIONAL AND TRANSFERRED TO MISSION HEALTH IN ASHEVILLE. WARRANTS WERE ISSUED ON HOUSER TODAY FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON ON GOVERMENT OFFICAL AND MORE CHARGES ARE PENDING.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK FOREST CITY POLICE DEPT, HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, CLEVELAND COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE,MCDOWELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
