State troopers take Nakoma Ross off to jail following arraignment. PHILIP A.HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
STEAM VALLEY — Through the viewfinder of his firearm scope, Nakoma Justin Ross had a clear view of a state trooper.
Ross, 21, was sitting on a couch in his home at 46 Ross St., having a conversation online with his father during Thursday’s lengthy standoff, according to court records. The father-son’s conversation were part of an apparent ongoing effort to try to resolve the standoff peacefully.
Court records did not say where the father was during the Facebook video chat. The father could see his son sitting on the furniture, but the son soon “disabled the video portion of the chat,” Trooper Jamesan Keeler, wrote in an affidavit.