Man Shoots Gun At Visitor, SWAT Team Called: Somerset County Cops

MONTGOMERY, NJ — A SWAT situation in Montgomery ended peacefully after police say a homeowner shot a gun at a visitor early Tuesday.

At around 5:34 a.m. a man called Montgomery Police and said he went to a home on Elm Drive in Skillman in which he knew the homeowner in an attempt to collect a debt, said Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

The man said when the homeowner answered the front door, he walked out and then fired a single shot from a handgun at the visitor while outside of the home, according to Robertson.

The man said he was not hit by the gunshot, left the home, and called police.

Montgomery Township Police went to the home around 6:35 a.m. and after trying multiple times to contact the homeowner the Somerset County SWAT and Crisis Negotiators were called out for a possible barricaded man, said Robertson.

Authorities were able to talk to the homeowner, who was the only one in the home, and got him to come outside around 9:20 a.m., said Robertson.

The man was turned over to Montgomery Township Police Detectives for further investigation. No charges have been filed as the matter currently remains under investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Montgomery Township Police Department.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100 or the Montgomery Township Police Department at 908-874-3333 or via the STOPit app.

Information can also be provided through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). All anonymous Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

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