ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE SENT TO AN EARLY MORNING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SCENE THAT LED TO COMANCHE BEING CLOSED TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH EAST AND WEST BOUND LANES FOR HOURS BETWEEN CARLISLE AND WELLESLEY. OFFICERS ARRIVED AT A RESIDENCE ON LAFAYETTE AROUND 4:00 TUESDAY MORNING.
THE DOMESTIC DISPUTE INVOVLED A MAN AND A WOMAN. OFFICERS SAY THEY ENCOUNTERED A MAN WHO WAS ARMED WITH A KNIFE. THEY TRIED TO TASE HIM, BUT IT DIDN’T WORK AND THE MAN WENT BACK INSIDE. HE BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE AND SWAT WAS ACTIVATED.
THE MAN FINALLY SURRENDERED AND WAS ARRESTED. THE WOMAN IS SAID TO BE OKAY.
