A SWAT SITUATION HAS ENDED ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE MONDAY MORNING. THE UNIDENTIFIED MAN WHO HAD APD ACTIVATING ITS SWAT TEAM WAS ARRESTED SHORTLY BEFORE 8 O’CLOCK MONDAY MORNING.
APD OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE 85-HUNDRED BLOCK OF MESA ROJA SOUTHWEST AROUND 2 AM, WHERE THE MAN HAD ALLEGEDLY BEEN THREATENING RESIDENTS NEARBY WITH A GUN. THE MAN THEN BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A HOME AND REFUSED OFFICERS’ DEMANDS TO SURRENDER.
APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER SAYS THEY HAD THE AREA LOCKED DOWN WITH A PERIMETER JUST WEST OF UNSER AND SOUTHEAST OF 86TH STREET AND SAN YGNACIO ROAD.
