Erial Standoff Ends with SWAT Arresting Suspect in Home

A roughly three-hour standoff in the township's Erial section ended shortly after 7 p.m. Monday when the Police Department's Special Response Team forced entry to a home there to arrest the suspect.

The suspect pulled a knife on a police officer who had responded to a home on Hazel Avenue, just off Jarvis Road, for a report of a dispute there, Gloucester Township Police Chief W. Harry Earle said Monday night.

It is unclear the nature of the dispute at this hour.

After wielding the knife against the police officer, the man retreated into the Hazel Avenue home, where he barricaded himself for about three hours. The Special Response Team, commonly referred to as a SWAT team, made the arrest at around 7:10 p.m., Earle said.

No police officers were injured in the incident, according to the police chief.

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