THE AMERICA ONE NEWS
May 31, 2025  |  
0
 | Remer,MN
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge.
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge and Reasoning Support for Fantasy Sports and Betting Enthusiasts.
back  
topic
NY Post
New York Post
22 Mar 2023


NextImg:Amazon driver delivers package during police standoff, hands to SWAT member

It was the scene of the Prime.

An Amazon driver went above and beyond the call of duty after fearlessly dropping off a package in the middle of an active police standoff. The dangerous delivery transpired last month but has amassed 6.7 million views since then as viewers praise the courier’s dedication.

“When you’re about you’re business…nothing will get in your way,” reads the caption to the video of the dramatic drop-off, which occurred last month in Cary, North Carolina.

SWAT team members were reportedly engaged in a nearly 24-hour standoff with an armed suspect.

Despite the dangerous situation, the Amazon courier wasn’t about to be deterred from his parcel-delivering pilgrimage.

In the ludicrous clip, the unnamed driver in a blue Amazon vest strolling nonchalantly along a street lined with flashing police cars as officers look incredulously on.

“In the midst of a standoff, he’s going to deliver his package,” muses the videographer as the driver swaggers through the police perimeter.

The courier gets momentarily stopped from entering the heavily-patrolled compound, only to casually hand the package to a SWAT team member, who heads towards the apartment with it in tow.

Officers watch the deliveryman in amazement.
TikTok/mlktrk679

The steel-nerved driver then gets on his phone, presumably to check off the order, before snapping a picture of the epic spectacle.

The clip concludes with the lone delivery hero walking away from the scene of the crime.

The circumstances surrounding the delivery are yet unclear. However, it is suspected that the intended Amazon recipient was either locked in or locked out of their apartment, per police protocol established during the standoff, the Daily Mail reported.

Needless to say, viewers admired the courier’s courage with one gawker writing, “now that’s what you call AMAZON PRIME.”

The courier walks away from the scene of the Prime.

The courier walks away from the scene of the Prime.
TikTok/mlktrk679

“Package delivery note was ‘handed to SWAT officer,'” joked one TikTok wit, while another wrote, “their slogan is,” rain, sleet, snow or standoff.”

“More scared of Jeff Bezos than getting taken out,” exclaimed one commenter.

However, alleged fellow Amazon workers claimed that the driver’s response wasn’t as a-typical as it seemed.

“I used to work as an Amazon delivery driver,” claimed one purported courier. “If you didn’t deliver all your packages you’d get in trouble.”

The police barricade.

The gunman reportedly ended his own life.
TikTok/mlktrk679

Amazon guidelines stipulate that if a delivery isn’t made by a guaranteed date, they’ll “refund any shipping fees associated with that order.”

The police situation occurred after an armed man barricaded himself inside the Windsor apartments with his 11-year-old son in an apparent hostage scenario, ABC 11 reported. This resulted in a standoff with police that lasted for 20 hours and ended with the unidentified suspect taking his own life.

He also reportedly shot the boy, but the juvenile survived and was subsequently secured by police.

“I wanted to express my condolences to the family of the individual who was in crisis today,” said Cary Police Chief Terry Sult. “It’s always a sad time when someone is in crisis and it should bring attention to mental health across this country.”