Norwood SWAT Standoff Involving Barricaded Person Resolves

NORWOOD, MA — A SWAT standoff involving a barricaded person was peacefully resolved in Norwood Tuesday night, the Norwood Police Department told Patch.

Police were dispatched to the scene on Nahatan Street shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday when they received a call that a man pointed a gun at an acquaintance outside her house, according to police.

Police said that by the time officers arrived, the suspect had fled. Officers said they followed leads to the Norwest apartment complex, where they saw the suspect's car parked across the lot of a relative's apartment and a person moving inside the apartment.

Officers said that after trying to get the man—who they believed was the suspect with the gun—to surrender through a PA system, they called for a SWAT team from the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council.

According to police, when the man inside finally did surrender, police found that he was not the man they were looking for. SWAT checked inside the apartment using a state police robotic dog and police dog, but the suspect was not inside, police said.

Detectives said that after getting warrants to search the suspect's car and apartment, they found find a firearm and ammunition in the car.

The case is still under investigation, police said.