ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Albuquerque police have called off SWAT officers following a standoff with an armed resident making threats.
Police spokesman Fred Duran said Sunday morning that a SWAT team spent hours trying to speak with the man, who was on the roof of a home with several weapons.
Duran says since the other occupants of the home were all in safe locations, police will pursue the suspect through a criminal summons.
Officers were initially dispatched to the home on Guaymas Place for a domestic violence call that escalated.
The suspect allegedly had a rifle and threatened to have a shootout with police.
Witnesses say he also fired a shot into the air from the roof.
Duran says police are not release the suspect’s identity since the investigation is still ongoing.
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