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Jack Culverhouse led his team of officers in silence up the dirt path towards the main body of the farm. They were less than twenty yards inside before he noticed a light come on in a brown building to their right. Culverhouse raised his hand for a moment to pause the action. After a moment, he signalled for two PCs to go towards the brown building. Culverhouse and the others carried on towards Father Joseph’s living quarters.
Just as he’d turned away from the brown building and started to walk, he heard a shout from behind him.
‘Stop! Police! Put the gun down!’ one of the PCs yelled.
Culverhouse snapped his head towards the noise. He saw Nelson standing in the doorway of the brown building, legs apart, pointing what looked like a shotgun at the two officers.
Before he had even reg
