Home Still Damaged By Huntsville Police Gunfire

Sydney Martin was in the Five Points area after learning what a family is doing to keep warm after the city of Huntsville told them they would pay for repairs following a shootout with Huntsville Police.

A huntsville family will fight the bitter cold with limited heat again tonight, still looking at the destruction left behind after a deadly shooting in front of their five points home last month.

We first talked to the rhodes family hours after the fatal shooting of a man involved in a standoff with police at a nearby restaurant.

They showed us the bullet holes in their bedroom and the damage done to their air-conditioning units.

They told us, since then, the city's contacted them about fixing their house - but nothing's been done.

Many outlets in their home aren't working, and they have no reliable heat.

Waay 31's sydney martin is live in the five points area tonight after learning what they're doing to keep warm.

Dan, najahe- it's been two weeks since the rhodes family's home was hit by bullets as huntsville police fired their weapons trying to stop that armed man who waved a gun at them after coming off the ted's barbecue roof.

Now, the family wants the damage from the shooting fixed-- and even importantly heat back in their home.

Sandra rhodes, homeowner "we kind of put off a little bit because we kept thinking we'd hear from them.

And there be some workers in and out and around the house."

Tuesday afternoon- sandra rhodes and her husband rj worked to decorate their christmas tree inside their old towne home... sandra rhodes, homeowner "it's the event of the year for my grands."

"it's going to be a little hard to explain why there is a bullet hole in nana and papas bedroom wall, so we're just waiting patiently for someone to get back with us."

The rhodes family dreaming of a warm christmas this year.

Sandra rhodes, homeowner "we are experiencing no heat and with this latest downturn of the weather it's been extremely hard to keep warm.

We had to purchase 2 or 3 space heaters at an expense we didn't plan to have right here at christmas."

Sandra explained they're doing what they can to keep warm... sandra rhodes, homeowner "i had on two pairs of socks and i still have on long underwear, so it got cold."

Both of their a-c units were hit by bullets and stopped working after the shooting..

R-j rhodes told me a heating company they hired rigged a temporary fix to pull emergency heat from one of the two broken units.

But the cost to keep just the upstairs of their house warm is far from cheap.

Rj rhodes, homeowner "you can click it over now, as of today and put some heat upstairs they said within a week you can expect a 1000-dollar heat bill."

Both just waiting for answers from the city and its adjuster they sent to reveiw the damage... rj rhodes, homeowner "let's solve all this thing at one time.

Get the electricians out.

Get the air condition people, and take their word for it.

They know what they're doing."

Sandra rhodes, homeowner "i'm just hoping that here during the christmas season somebody is going to make it right, someone's going to do the right thing."

Today- i reached out to the city's legal team trying to learn more about when the rhodes might get their house fixed- and heat back inside.

I'm still waiting to hear back from them.

Live in huntsville sm waay 31 news.

Since we first talked with the rhodes' back in november, they've found even more damage.

Originally, they thought about 8 shots fired from police entered their home, but have now found about 20 bullet holes.

They said repairs are expected to cost thousands of