Woman in SWAT Situation Escapes Perimeter

A SWAT SITUATION IN THE 300 BLOCK OF CHARLESTON SE IN ABQ ENDS WITH A WOMAN WHO BARRICADED HERSELF INSIDE AN APARTMENT GIVES APD THE SLIP. POLICE WERE SENT TO THERE AROUND 2AM ON A DOMESTIC DISPUTE CALL. OFFICER FRED DURAN SAYS A MAN FOUND OUTSIDE SAID HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD HIT HIM WITH A TABLE. WHEN OFFICERS WENT TO HER DOOR, SHE WAS ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND REFUSED TO COME OUT. A WHILE LATER, DURAN TELLS US THEY NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE WINDOWS.

DURAN SAYS THEY SAW THAT THE WOMAN HAD PLACED PAPERS ON THE STOVE. BY TIME THEY CLEARED THE HOUSE OF SMOKE, SHE HAD LEFT.

NO NAMES BEING RELEASED YET BUT SHE’S BEING SOUGHT BY POLICE.

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