A SWAT SITUATION THAT STARTED IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY NIGHT ENDS EARLY FRIDAY WITH THE SUSPECT'S ARREST. APD SPOKESMAN ELDER GUEVARA TELLS US OFFICERS WERE INITIALLY SENT TO ARREST 46 YEAR OLD MICHAEL LOPEZ AT AN APARTMENT IN THE 300 BLOCK OF WHISPERING SANDS SOUTHEAST … BUT HE SAW THEM COMING AND BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE.
GUEVARA SAYS THE ARREST WARRANT IMPLIED THAT LOPEZ MIGHT BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS, SO SWAT WAS CALLED IN. SWAT OFFICERS NEGOTIATED WITH LOPEZ FOR HOURS BEFORE SENDING IN A POLICE CANINE THAT WAS ABLE TO BRING HIM OUTSIDE.
LOPEZ SUFFERED SOME MINOR INJURIES … A DOG BITE … AND WAS TREATED AT KASEMAN HOSPITAL. HE WAS THEN BOOKED INTO THE MDC ON SEVERAL FELONY WARRANTS.
