SWAT team called to armed disturbance

A SWAT team fired off “flash bangs” and advanced on a Ballard apartment complex in an armored vehicle Sunday night after a report of a man threatening his neighbors with a gun.

It all began earlier on Sunday evening when police responded to a report of a disturbance between neighbors at an apartment complex near 75th and 15th Ave.. About two hours later at 7:20 p.m., officers responded to the same address again, and this time neighbors said the man produced a gun and threatened to shoot them. The man was believed to be holed up in his apartment alone.

Police closed down both directions of 15th Ave., and TV stations reported live from the Midas parking lot on the west side of 15th. After firing off “flash bangs” and moving in about 11:15 p.m., the SWAT team discovered the suspect was not in the apartment.