Crime & Safety
Nashville Man Threatens Roommate With BB Gun, Gets Nude, Throws Fire Extinguisher: Police
A man barricaded himself a Bullock Avenue home early Monday in a bizarre confrontation with his roommate and police.
NASHVILLE, TN — A man called police early Monday to say his roommate was threatening him with a BB gun. By the time police arrived, the suspect had barricaded himself inside the Bullock Avenue home, kicking off a bizarre standoff.
As police began negotiating with a suspect, he took off his clothes and then threw a fire extinguisher from the window of the home.
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The suspect then ransacked the house, breaking windows and damaging the home's interior, according to responding officers who, unsuccessful in their attempts to negotiate, called in Metro's SWAT unit.
Remarkably, the man was arrested without further incident.
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