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Jan 30, 2021
Two strange, disturbing, violent incidents occurred in South Elkins within the span of a week. The fact that both incidents happened in that area is just a coincidence, but they both apparently share a common cause.
On Jan. 21, a man apparently shot himself during an incident involving an Elkins Police Department SWAT team on Evans Drive.
Ty Garrett Hilderbrand, 35, barricaded himself inside a home and was found dead of an apparent suicide after an hours-long standoff with area law enforcement agencies, police said.
The City of Elkins put a shelter-in-place order in effect during the incident and residents of the First Ward area of South Elkins were asked to not go outside, not answer their doors, and to stay away from windows.