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SWAT Responds To St. Joseph Home After Suspected Ax Assault During Home Invasion
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 8, 7:37 AM CDT
updated Oct 9, 8:33 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by KSTP-TV, KMSP-TV and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
SWAT teams breached a home and arrested an axe-wielding St. Joseph man suspected of burglary and assault after he refused to surrender and threatened during a standoff to kill all agents, according to KMSP-TV and St. Cloud Live.
Written by our system from the sources below (4), version 3, Oct 9, 11:57 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Man wielding axe threatens to ‘kill all’ SWAT agents during standoff in St. Joseph: Charges · KMSP-TV
- St. Joseph man refuses to surrender prompting SWAT response · Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader
- UPDATE: SWAT teams breach home, arrest axe-wielding man suspected of burglary and assault · St. Cloud Live
- SWAT responds to St. Joseph home after suspected ax assault during home invasion · KSTP-TV
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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