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WEBVTT AREHEARING FROM THAT PERSON FOR THEFIRST TIME.>> A LOT OF CHAOS, FRIEND OFMINE REACTED OR OVERREACTED, IBELIEVE, DIDN'T EXPECT IT.REPORTER: ALEX SAYS HE WAS ONLYEXPECTING A NIGHT OF CATCHING UPWITH HIS FRIEND RYAN BROUILLARDWHEN HE INVITED OVER TO HISRESIDENCE IN FRANKLIN ONDECEMBER 28.HE SAYS HE HAD NO IDEA THINGSWOULD TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE.>> IT WAS CROSS, GUNS AND IWOULD SEE IT WAS ESCALATING.REPORTER: BREW LAR WAS WANTED ONA PAROLE VIOLATION AND AFTERLEARNING OF HIS WHERE ABOUTSFRANKLIN POLICE MOVED IN TOARREST HIM.BUT THEY SAY THE 33-YEAR-OLDREFUSED TO SURRENDER, ALLEGEDLYPULLING A GLOCK PISTOL OUT ANDPOINTING IT AT POLICE.>> HE WAS HEARD TO SAY, I'MGOING TO SHOOT THE POLICE ANDI'M GOING TO KILL ANYONE WHOTRIES TO ARREST ME.>> ONCE THEY WERE DRAWN DOWN ONAND A ROUND WAS EXPENDED, THEOFFICERS WERE READY TO RETURNFIRE.REPORTER: HOWEVER, THAT'S WHENBELL SAYS HE GOT IN THE WAY OFTHE OFFICERS.>> IT HAD GONE TOO FAR AND TO BEHONEST I DIDN'T NEED THAT AT MYMOTHER'S HOUSE.I DON'T NEED ANYBODY GETTINGBLASTED AT MY MOTHER'S.REPORTER: BROUILLARD WENT ON THERUN AND WAS TRACKED DOWN ONDECEMBER 31, HIDING INSIDE THISHOME IN CONCORD.THE STATE POLICE HELICOPTERCAPTURED THE MOMENT BROUILLARDWAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.>> WE WERE LUCKY IN THIS CASETHAT NOBODY GOT HURT.REPORTER: NOW A NOT GUILTY PLEAWAS ENTERED ON BROUILLARD'SBEHALF FOR A MISDEMEANOR CHARGEINVOLVING THIS INCIDENT, HE'SALSO FACING FIVE FELONY CHARGESAS WELL, WHICH HE WILL ANSWER TO

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A Franklin man who had been on the run from police was arraigned Tuesday. Ryan Brouillard, 33, was being sought after police in Franklin accused him of confronting them with a gun on Dec. 28. He is facing five felony charges, including possession of a dangerous weapon and pointing a gun at officers. Alex Bell said Brouillard was at his Franklin home when police tried to arrest Brouillard on Dec. 28. "A lot of chaos," Bell said. "A friend of mine overreacted, I believe. I didn't really expect it." Bell said he had no idea things would take a turn for the worse. "There were cops everywhere, guns," he said. "I could see it was escalating fast." Prosecutors said Brouillard was wanted on a parole violation, and after Franklin police learned of his whereabouts, they moved in to arrest him, but Brouillard refused to surrender. Police said he pulled out a pistol and pointed it at them. "He was heard to say, 'I'm going to shoot the police, and I am going to kill anyone who tries to arrest me,'" prosecutor Chris Ahern said. "Once they were drawn down on and a round was expended, the officers were ready to return fire," Police Chief David Goldstein said. Bell said that's when he got in the way of the officers. "It had just gone too far, and to be honest, I didn't need that at my mother's house," he said. "I don't need anybody getting blasted at my mother's." Police held their fire, and Brouillard ran from the area. He remained on the loose until police found him in a home on Manchester Street in Concord. He barricaded himself in the home before surrendering, police said. "We were lucky in this case that nobody got hurt," Goldstein said. Brouillard is scheduled to be back in court Jan. 9 for a probable cause hearing. Watch video of Brouillard's arrest Sunday.