Man Beat Neighbors With Pipe Before SWAT Team Standoff In South Jersey: Police

FRANKLINVILLE, NJ — A man broke into his neighbor's home and beat two people with a metal pipe before barricading himself and getting arrested by the SWAT team Saturday in Gloucester County, officials said.

Shawn Huntsinger, 53, was arrested after a standoff that brought a large number of officers to his Franklinville home, including the Gloucester County SWAT Team, authorities said.

Police were first dispatched to a nearby home for an armed invasion at 8:49 a.m. Saturday. A man, later identified as Huntsinger, kicked down the door of the house on the 800 block of Little Mill Road, authorities said.

The male homeowner failed to stop Huntsinger from breaking in. Once inside, Huntsinger assaulted the man and a woman with a metal pipe before fleeing the home, police said. The man sustained minor injuries.

It's unclear whether investigators have determined a motive for the alleged attack.

Franklin Township police quickly identified Huntsinger as the suspect. By that time, Huntsinger was at his home on Violet Street, which is around the corner from the site of the initial incident.

Later that morning, officers surrounded Huntsinger's home, but he didn't comply with commands to exit, police said. The Gloucester County SWAT Team was called upon for what became a criminal barricade.

With a large law-enforcement presence, police asked the public to avoid the area.

SWAT Team officers arrested Huntsinger at 11:40 a.m. Saturday and turned him over to Franklin Township police.

Huntsinger was charged with armed burglary (first-degree), terroristic threats (third-degree), unlawful possession of a weapon (third-degree), criminal mischief (fourth-degree) and simple assault (disorderly persons offense).

He was placed in the Salem County Correctional Facility, which provides jailing services for Gloucester County.