NTU standoff ends with one arrest
Police at the NTU standoff. (Photo: Submitted by KOB-TV viewer Norvita Charleston.)
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Police at the NTU standoff. (Photo: Submitted by KOB-TV viewer Norvita Charleston.)
A domestic violence suspect who barricaded himself is behind bars after Special Reaction Teams with the Navajo Nation police forced their way into the Navajo Technical University family housing unit.
According to a Navajo police who did not want to be identified, around 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, April 8, a man, who may or may not be a student at NTU, got into an altercation with his girlfriend. Campus security was called, who arrived to the home. The man then pulled a gun on them. Police was called. At that time, the man barricaded himself.
A few hours later, Navajo police decided to breach the home when the man refused to cooperate.
The woman and her daughter were not harmed. It is not known if they were inside the home at the time police forced their way in.
The police continue with their investigation.
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