A Fayette County man is facing multiple charges after deputies say he threatened family members with a knife and refused officers’ commands during an early-morning standoff on Saturday.

According to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were dispatched at 5:42 a.m. on Nov. 29 to a home on Foster Hill Road for what was initially reported as a disturbance but later reclassified as a domestic incident. Dispatchers also warned responding units that the man involved was reportedly off his prescribed psychological medications, had flushed them, and appeared heavily intoxicated.

Deputies, along with officers from the Fayetteville and Ansted police departments, arrived around 5:58 a.m. and spoke with two people who said the suspect — identified as 46-year-old Hallie Hanshaw — had threatened to stab them and slit their throats. They also reported he was carrying a knife on his hip.

Standoff inside the home

Officers approached a bedroom where Hanshaw had locked himself inside. Deputies say he refused to come out, shouted threats, and challenged officers to break down the door. When he eventually cracked the door open, deputies attempted to deescalate the situation, but Hanshaw allegedly continued making violent threats, saying he was “willing to die” and knew “where to stick a knife” to kill someone.

He also pointed out an officer’s Taser and reportedly said it “wouldn’t put him down.”

The confrontation escalated when Hanshaw grabbed the handle of his knife and made an aggressive motion toward deputies, according to the report.

Multiple Taser deployments

An officer deployed his Taser twice, but deputies say Hanshaw tried to pull out the probes. A second deputy fired another Taser, striking Hanshaw in the lower abdomen and leg. That jolt brought him to the ground. When Hanshaw reached again toward the knife, a second five-second charge was used to incapacitate him long enough for officers to safely detain him.

Deputies removed the knife and placed Hanshaw in restraints.

Medical evaluation and charges

EMS checked Hanshaw’s vital signs and found them mostly normal. He was taken to Plateau Medical Center for medical clearance before being transported to Southern Regional Jail.

No officers were injured. Hanshaw suffered a minor abrasion on his forehead.

He is charged with domestic battery, domestic assault, obstructing an officer, and two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer.