I live in a boring old town in boring old Kansas and was in a similar situation.

A neighbor had threatened his girlfriend and parents with a handgun and then kicked them out planning to commit suicide.

The hostage team and dogs were deployed so quickly and quietly that our first knowledge of the situation was when heavily-armed police arrived at the door to escort us a safe distance down the alleyway to the next block.

No warning. Just leave the home "NOW!" with what's in your hands.

The BOB in this type of situation, however, was the friendly neighbor in the next block who let us in until the episode passed.

latvija

PS - Individual exited the home peacefully an hour later. We were let into our homes about 20 minutes after he exited.