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Multiple firearms and ammunition were seized from a 74-year-old Central Jersey man who authorities said fired a gun inside his home with a woman upstairs, launching a nearly two-hour SWAT standoff.
Raritan police were called to a Hidden Pond Court home, just after Stephen E. McManus fired a shot around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said.
Nearby residents were evacuated for their safety as officers on scene made direct visual and verbal contact with a female resident in an upstairs bedroom of McManus home, Robertson said.
Meanwhile, McManus refused to leave the house, barricading himself inside with access to several firearms, the prosecutor said alongside local law enforcement.
N.J. man, 74, arrested after standoff with SWAT team, cops say
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
A 74-year-old Somerset County man was arrested after firing a gun and barricading himself inside a home for nearly two hours, authorities said Friday.
Police were called about 8:05 p.m. Saturday to Hidden Pond Court in Raritan after a woman reported a man firing a gun inside the home, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.
Responding officers surrounded the residence and evacuated people living in nearby homes, the prosecutor said.
“Officers on scene were able to make direct visual and verbal contact with the (woman), who was unharmed and secured inside in an upstairs bedroom of the residence,” Robertson said.