Last week, a domestic violence incident in Duluth, Washington involving a man who reportedly threatened his girlfriend with a gun required a SWAT team response before the matter was resolved.

According to Clark County sheriff's Sgt. Dave Trimble, police responded to a report of domestic violence around midmorning, but it wasn't until much later in the day that they found the suspect.

When police first responded, the man was nowhere to be found. Concerned that he could be running about the neighborhood armed and angry, police blockaded surrounding streets and evacuated a handful of homes, searched the area, and used a bullhorn in an attempt to call him out, without success.

Police, still unsure of the man's location after some time, set off a "concussive distraction device," which finally caused him to come out of his camp trailer after a daylong blockade. When the man emerged, he told officers he had been napping. Police said they found that hard to believe.

The whole operation, which is reported to have taken much of the day, involved over 20 officers from multiple agencies.

Sources didn't indicate any further details about the domestic violence dispute that prompted the call, but did say that at the end of the SWAT response, the 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault.

Assault can mean a number of things, from pushing, slapping, detaining a person by taking their keys away, throwing objects near the person, or threatening behavior or speech.

Source: The Columbian, "Domestic violence call prompts SWAT response," Erik Robinson, 19 Mar 2011.