A BROTHER-ON-BROTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION ON ALBUQUERQUE'S WEST SIDE SUNDAY NIGHT LANDS ONE OF THE TWO MEN IN JAIL. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ TELLS US THE BROTHER OF 55 YEAR OLD GREGORY GUNTHORPE CALLED POLICE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO THE 64 HUNDRED BLOCK OF SUN RAY COURT. HE SAID GUNTHORPE HAD POINTED AN AIR RIFLE OR PELLET RIFLE AT HIM DURING AN ARGUMENT AND THREATENED TO KILL HIM.
OFFICERS CALLED IN SWAT WHEN THE SUSPECT HOLED UP INSIDE THE HOME AND REFUSED TO COME OUT. MARTINEZ SAYS THEY TRIED FOR HOURS TO GET GUNTHORPE TO GIVE HIMSELF UP. HE FINALLY CAME OUT AROUND 2:30 AM. GUNTHORPE WAS THEN ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE METRO DETENTION CENTER.
