IT TAKES 8 HOURS FOR ALBUQUERQUE SWAT OFFICERS TO BRING AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT OUT OF A NORTHEAST HEIGHTS APARTMENT. APD OFFICERS HAD GONE TO THE MONTGOMERY MANOR APARTMENTS NEAR MORRIS AND MONTGOMERY JUST BEFORE 2:00 THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO SERVE A WARRANT ON THE SUSPECT, URIAH MCAFEE. TWO PEOPLE INSIDE THE APARTMENT WITH HIM CAME OUT, BUT MCAFEE BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE FOR HOURS.
MCAFEE REFUSED TO COME OUT EVEN AFTER SWAT WAS CALLED IN AND FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS OF TEAR GAS AND SENT IN A ROBOT. IT WAS ABOUT 10 THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE MCAFEE FINALLY EMERGED AND WAS ARRESTED.