Woman Threatened With Rifle Before Standoff In Horsham: Police
The domestic violence incident turned into an hours-long standoff and shelter-in-place order on Tuesday in Horsham, authorities said. The Horsham Township Police Department responded to a domestic assault at 4:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning, with the victim fleeing the home and seeking help from a neighbor. The suspect allegedly assaulted the woman with a rifle and threatened her before she fled the home. Police were unable to contact the suspect and declared the scene a barricade situation, leading to an evacuation of nearby homes and a lengthy negotiation with the Montgomery County SWAT team. Eventually, the suspect was arrested without incident.
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The Horsham Township Police Department said they responded at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday to a home on Horseshoe Circle in response to a domestic assault. Police said the victim of the assault fled the house and sought assistance from a neighbor.
The suspect allegedly assaulted the woman and threatened her with a rifle before she fled the home, police were informed. Police officers were unable to contact the suspect and declared the scene a barricade situation, police said.
Nearby homes were ordered to evacuate and police issued a shelter-in-place order. The Montgomery County SWAT team was called in and spent several hours negotiating before the suspect was taken into custody without incident, police said.