Especially when it sure seems like they had a good or superior alternative. If the situation/area was sufficiently under control that advancing with siege equip

Especially when it sure seems like they had a good or superior alternative. If the situation/area was sufficiently under control that advancing with siege equipment didn't involve excessive risk of harm to officers or of the suspect escaping in the commotion, then staying put and holding the perimeter was at least as safe and would have kept him contained, surely. No mention that they believed he had anyone else in there with him or anything, so why on Earth did they choose to assault the house?