Florida man threatened family with Coldplay lyrics ends standoff after SWAT offers pizza

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A Florida man accused of threatening his family by texting them Coldplay lyrics, and warning them of retribution from his “Nazi prison associates” was persuaded by police to end a standoff in return for a fresh slice of pizza

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Evan Charles McLemore, under the belief that SWAT team negotiators were ready to hand him one of America’s favorite foods, was taken into custody Tuesday following a 4-hour confrontation at a Pensacola home.

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"Never underestimate the power of pizza with flavored crust," the Pensacola Police Department wrote on Facebook, while adding officers “cannot comment on the rumors about pineapple being on said pizza - Operational Security and all that.”

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It was not immediately clear if responding officers even gave McLemore a slice -- but they did deliver him charges of resisting an officer without violence and aggravated stalking,

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The newspaper says the incident unfolded after police initially responded to a call about a possible battery and reportedly learned McLemore had barricaded himself inside a room at the home. The suspect, it added, had called out that “he had a gun to his head, and he was not going back to prison, no matter what it took.”

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McLemore's family eventually cut off communications with him -- but not before he sent them one text with the Coldplay lyrics "Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones and I will try to fix you,” the report said. The lyrics, from the song "Fix You," were meant by the band to be uplifting, though it's unclear how McLemore may have meant them.

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