BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A man is in custody after barricading himself inside a southwest Bakersfield apartment with a rifle, prompting a SWAT response Wednesday morning.
Officers responded to reports of gunfire on Country Place Lane early Wednesday morning. Police say 22-year-old Enrique Barraza barricaded himself inside an apartment with a rifle.
A SWAT team surrounded the building and asked Barraza to surrender. Officers eventually used a chemical agent to force him out of the apartment.
Investigators are asking people to avoid the area.
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