Steuben County Sheriff Jim Allard reports that on October 21, 2024, at about 12:40am, deputies of the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to an address on Angel Road in the Town of Cameron, New York, to check the welfare of the resident based upon the reported concerns of family members. Upon arrival deputies were met by the resident, identified as fifty-year-old Allen V. Hoad, II, who was outside of the residence. Mr. Hoad began yelling at the responding deputies and then shot at and struck two patrol vehicles with a shotgun, causing damage to both vehicles. Neither deputy was injured. All units then retreated to a perimeter location. Crisis Negotiators and the Steuben County SWAT team responded and began crisis negotiations to attempt to bring the incident to a peaceful conclusion while maintaining a safe perimeter around the residence.
Negotiators attempted to convince Mr. Hoad to leave the residence unarmed and turn himself in for approximately 12 hours. During the negotiations Mr. Hoad made numerous terroristic threats, threats to carry out mass casualty incidents and specific threats to leave the residence armed with firearms with the express intention to kill people. At about 2pm Mr. Hoad was observed loading his vehicle with a firearm and began driving from the residence. He then proceeded south on Angel Road and left the roadway driving into a field, avoiding a police barricade. He left the field and entered Lower Swale Road as deputies attempted to stop the vehicle. Mr. Hoad stopped his vehicle in a driveway at a residence on Lower Swale Road and attempted to enter an occupied residence. As deputies continued to give verbal commands for Mr. Hoad to stop and submit to arrest, he re-entered his vehicle which contained multiple weapons and drove it directly at deputies in the roadway, colliding with a patrol vehicle. Deputies and Officers discharged their weapons to stop Mr. Hoad from causing serious injury to responding deputies and the public. Mr. Hoad exited the vehicle and began physically fighting with the responding deputies and was subsequently taken into custody. Medical treatment was initiated immediately. Steuben County Sheriff’s Paramedic and Steuben County ALS were staged on scene and began immediate treatment prior to transportation by ambulance.
Mr. Hoad was transported to a local hospital for continued medical treatment. He was later pronounced as deceased.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hoad family” said Sheriff Allard, “We also pray for the families of the Officers and Deputies who were involved in this stressful critical incident, and work to insure wellness for them. A huge thank you to all the community and family members who worked with us to attempt to bring this to a peaceful conclusion”.
Corning Police Chief Kenzie Spaulding said “We are saddened that this incident occurred, but are always here to help ensure public safety with our law enforcement partners throughout Steuben County”
Sheriff Allard thanks the City of Corning Police Department, the Canisteo Police Department and the New York State Police for responding to a request for mutual aid in this incident, as well as the Chemung County Sheriff's Office and the Elmira Police Department for their offers of assistance.
