3-Hour Standoff With SWAT Team Ends as Man Successfully Negotiates Himself One Slice of Pizza

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — After a three-hour standoff with a man who barricaded himself in a room Tuesday afternoon, SWAT officers used a slice of pizza to get the man out.

Evan Mclemore was arrested after police say he locked himself in his brother’s room and told police he had a gun to his head and that he was not going back to prison. Mclemore refused to come out after being told to multiple times.

Crisis negotiators were able to get a slice of pizza which caused Mclemore to come out. Once he got out and took a few steps down the hall, the SWAT team took him into custody.

I’m not going to sit here and pretend to you guys that I have firsthand knowledge of how crazy people’s brains operate. I’m a normal person. A taxpaying, dog having, law-abiding citizen. But I did live under the same roof as Michigan Man for a week. So I definitely have secondhand knowledge. And from what I’ve seen, these people are just wired a little bit……different. So I’ll try and explain to you guys the best way I know how as to why this guy simply gave up his hostage situation after three hours for one slice of pizza.

It’s common knowledge that people make mistakes when they are hungry. That’s why it’s not advised to go to the grocery store on an empty stomach. You come back with a boatload of unnecessary junk food, and while your bank account overly pays for it now, your body then pays for it later. So one rule of thumb that I always try to follow is that I always make sure I get a nice, solid base meal in me before doing anything drastic. I want my stomach to be fullest when I need my mind to be sharpest, especially if the event is going to last all day. Running a marathon? Carb up before. Tailgating starting at 6:00 am? Kegs and EGGS. Planning a 3-hour hostage situation? I order the pizza BEFOREHAND. And that’s where this guy and I disagreed.

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. This dude stayed in his room for three hours with a gun because he wasn’t going back to prison, refusing over and over again to come outside. But because he failed to plan ahead, he realized he was far too hungry to keep it up. When the crisis negotiators were able to scrounge up a slice of HUNGRY HOWIES pizza, well, he turned on the jets.

I thought about saying he came out “guns a-blazing” or that he turned on his “get away from the cops speed”, but I did not want to make light of the situation. This guy is accused of harassment, making threats, and trying to strangle his dad, but I would also like to add another charge to his rap sheet. That charge would a lack of willpower. Three hours?? Mahatma Gandhi survived 21 days of complete starvation. This dude lasted three hours??? C’MON MAN.

If I’m ever going to lead a hostage situation, I’m packing a cooler. That shit is going to last all day. I’m not settling for one slice of pizza. But, to each his own I guess. Now as a man with an eye for content, I will say that a golden opportunity was lost here. This dude NEEDED to do a one bite score. Would’ve gone viral. Portnoy should visit him in the slammer. Maybe a 3-way review with him and Kraft?