Armed Threat Leads To SWAT Standoff In Saint Paul
BY MN CRIME STAFF
Saint Paul Officers responded Monday afternoon to an apartment after a caller said her boyfriend was threatening her with a gun.
Officers were dispatched around 2:30 p.m. to the 400 block of Snelling Avenue North and the woman told dispatch she had been able to get out of the unit before police arrived.
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The victim met officers outside and directed them to the apartment where her boyfriend remained inside. Officers went to the unit and made contact with the man inside, asking him to come out. When he refused, police requested the Saint Paul Police SWAT team to respond. Negotiators spoke with the man for more than an hour as officers held the perimeter and waited for a warrant to force entry.
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A warrant was later issued for SWAT to enter the apartment. Police deployed a chemical irritant into the unit shortly before 5:30 p.m. and officers made entry, taking the man into custody without further confrontation. He was booked into jail and remains held pending charges.
Officers recovered a gun in the unit. No injuries were reported and the investigation remains open.
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