Man arrested over domestic dispute

No nick yet writes "This story appeared in the newspaper where I work. I know the person in the story who is named as a friend of the man arrested. He was with the accused when he was arrested. They were returning to the guy's apartment, with slushies in hand, and found it surrounded by the Crisis Response Team. The guy goes up to a cop and asks what was going on and they tell him there is a guy in an apartment with a rifle - him! The cops had evacuated the building and blocked off the street and then held a four-hour stand-off with an empty apartment. Why? Someone phoned the police and told them he was holding a woman hostage with a rifle. Coincidentally, he had an argument with his girlfriend that morning. So even though the call was a false alarm and there was no victim they arrested him anyway and then went into his apartment and seized his rifle."

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