The aftermath of the standoff highlights a murky legal area where in some places law enforcement covers the cost of damages to innocent people’s property, while in others, landlords, homeowners and tenants are on their own.

It’s also an example of how one person’s criminal actions can reverberate throughout a community leaving many more victims than one would expect.

The details of how the standoff ended are still unclear, but at one point the suspect, later identified as John Herbert, slipped out of his own unit and broke into Hollamon’s apartment across the hall.

That’s where police say they found Herbert, 53, hiding immediately before his arrest. Neighbors say he was detained by force. A police mug shot shows Herbert with significant facial bruising when he was booked.

After the arrest, when police started letting people who’d been on the outside of the perimeter back into their homes, an officer pulled Hollamon to the side.

“The police told me they had to shoot tear gas in my apartment to get him out,” Hollamon said. “They told me everything inside is ruined, my furniture, my clothes, everything.”

“I can’t even get clothes for my baby,” she said.