Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

A bullet hole in the driver side window of a Washougal Police car that came under fire a day earlier when a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

An investigator climbs the ladder of a ladder truck to get a birds eye view as officials work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators gather evidence on a Washougal Police car where an officer came under fire a day earlier when a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

K.K. Jester, a neighbor to a scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal, talk to members of the media about her neighbors and described them as good people who she was fond of on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier a man with a gun held police and firefighters off while a house burned to the ground in Washougal on Thursday December 8, 2011. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)