Two arrested in Fremont after standoff with police

The Associated Press

Officers arrested a man and woman today following a standoff with the woman who police said fired a shotgun out an apartment window while the two were struggling over the gun.

The 33-year-old Seattle woman was arrested and taken to the King County Jail for investigation of assault. The man was also booked on the same charge, Seattle police spokesman Rich Pruitt said. Their identities were not released.

No one was injured.

The standoff began when neighbors in the city's Fremont area reported hearing a single gunshot around 6:30 a.m. Responding officers found "that a suspect had shot one round from a shotgun out a window," Pruitt said.

Residents of the building were evacuated. Two people were taken out of the apartment but a woman remained inside and "disappeared from officers' view," Pruitt said.

At that point, Seattle SWAT and a hostage negotiation team were called in to talk the woman out, he said.

Around 11 a.m., after the woman did not respond to attempts to contact her, the SWAT team was able to enter the apartment and she was arrested without further incident, Pruitt said.

"The two were in some type of disturbance and fight and actually fought over the shotgun," he said. "At one point she got a hold of it and took one shot out the window."

Officers had been called to the residence earlier in the morning and asked the group to turn down their stereo, Pruitt said. "They did comply and it was quiet when officers left."

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Prewrite:
I feel what these people did was bad because they did not listen to the cops, which led them to be arrested. Next time, if an official negociates with you, you need to talk back so that they know that everything is under control, and that everyone is safe and etc.

Post-write:
I feel that these people deserved to be arrested, the reason why is because these people had created a domestic disturbance. Police had tried to negotiate with these two people, although the male had came out, the female still stayed inside. The negotiators had tried to get her out without her getting hurt. Finally, they both were arrested because they did not comply to the police while negotiation. This is called a Win-Lose situation because the police did their job (to serve and protect, which means they had won). The two people had been arrested for not complying to the police which means they were the losers.

Application:
The way that negotiations affect my life as a PSEC student is for instance, when someone gets in an argument, like a secretic seminar when we have a strong conversation, we usually end up getting into an argument. Negotiation helps us by having someone control the conversation, which is a negotiation, where everyone is happy with what they get.