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Man arrested after SWAT team responds to East Anchorage apartment building

Anchorage police arrested one man after a two-hour standoff Thursday as a small crowd of residents stood outside and watched.

Police were called around 5 p.m. to the brown fourplex on Taku Drive near the Davis Street intersection. Witnesses reported that a man fired shots outside and then smashed a window, said Renee Oistad, police spokeswoman.

Oistad described it as a "male-female altercation" but wouldn't give more specific information. Police did not identify the man or woman.

About an hour after the call, the SWAT team arrived at the fourplex where the man and woman were. Neighbors watched. Some had snacks. One bounced a basketball.

The SWAT team asked the man and woman to leave the building over a PA system. Around 7:30 p.m. the woman left. Police then reached the man on the phone. He walked out shortly before 8:15 p.m., Oistad said.

Police arrested the man. Oistad said no one was injured.

Tegan Hanlon

Tegan Hanlon was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News between 2013 and 2019. She now reports for Alaska Public Media.

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