SALT LAKE CITY — Several roads were blocked off in a Salt Lake City neighborhood after a man threatened police officers while barricaded inside a home on Friday.
The Salt Lake City Police Department said at 8:00 a.m. they received a report that a 40-year-old Colin Smith had pointed a gun at his roommate.
The roommate got out of the home safely and reported the incident, when officers arrived Smith refused to go outside the home near 1191 West and 400 South.
According to police, the SLCPD Crisis Negotiation Team and SWAT Team responded to the incident.
Smith eventually stepped outside to speak with SWAT officers and was surrounded and taken into custody.
Investigators found multiple firearms in the home.
Due to the police presence, Franklin Elementary School was placed under secure alert, meaning its exterior doors were locked but normal class activities occurred as usual.
