SWAT Negotiator Gets Gunman to Surrender by Singing ‘White Christmas’

Nathaniel R. Lewis. Chester County Police

A carol-singing SWAT officer was able to end a 10-hour standoff on Dec. 26 when he granted an armed man a rendition of the holiday carol “White Christmas.”

On Christmas night, a Chester County man barricaded himself in his home and shot at SWAT officers multiple times, refusing to stand down.