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SWAT Standoff: Mahwah Dispatcher Convinces Man Who Fired Gun In Home To Surrender SWAT Standoff: Mahwah Dispatcher Convinces Man Who Fired Gun In Home To Surrender
SWAT Standoff: Mahwah Dispatcher Convinces Man Who Fired Gun In Home To Surrender A Mahwah man who fired a gun in his home and then called police to tell them about it was taken for a psychiatric evaluation after a brief standoff Wednesday. The 57-year-old Apple Ridge Community resident emerged peacefully, carrying the weapon and his cellphone, with which he’d been talking to a police dispatcher who coaxed him out. The Westervelt Lane resident called shortly before 4:30 p.m., saying “shots have been fired in my home,” said Capt. Stephen Jaffe, the department’s officer in charge. The man explained that he “thought he heard someone [who] have tried to enter his home in th…

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by Jerry DeMarco