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SWAT Team Called To Somerset County Home After Armed Man Barricades Himself In Bathroom SWAT Team Called To Somerset County Home After Armed Man Barricades Himself In Bathroom
SWAT Team Called To Somerset County Home After Armed Man Barricades Himself In Bathroom A standoff between the local SWAT team and an armed man in a Somerset County home that lasted several hours eventually had what authorities described as a “peaceful resolution.” The Bernards Township Police Department responded alongside the Somerset County SWAT team and the Crisis Negotiators Team to a report of an “emotionally disturbed” resident with a loaded gun at a home on Goltra Drive around 9:45 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. A crisis negotiator started speaking with the barricaded man, who exited the bathroom with a handgun several times.…

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by Valerie Musson