CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department SWAT unit arrested a man after officers said he barricaded himself inside a home just outside Uptown Charlotte Monday night.
CMPD officers were called to a home in the 600 block of NC Music Factory Boulevard just before 8 p.m. for a reported domestic disturbance. When officers arrived, the victim told police that Robert Andrew Rios assaulted her and shot a gun before locking himself inside. Rios reportedly came to the door when officers knocked before barricading himself inside.
After multiple attempts to make contact with Rios, CMPD's SWAT unit was called to serve warrants for his arrest. Rios was taken into custody just before 3 a.m. He was charged with aggravated assault with a gun, assault on a female, discharging a firearm to enclose or incite fear and communicating threats.
CMPD said no officers were injured during the incident.