MESA, AZ — A man is in custody after he reportedly assaulted his girlfriend and prompted a standoff with police on Wednesday morning.
At around 5 a.m., Mesa police were called to a neighborhood near Greenfield Road and University Drive for a domestic violence incident.
Officials say they located a 29-year-old woman who was assaulted by her boyfriend. The woman received non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
When officers made contact with the suspect, a 33-year-old Thomas Zambrano, they commanded him to exit the home to which he refused.
Officials say officers saw him holding a rifle as he made threats to those officers.
Officers continued negotiating with him for about an hour before a SWAT team was called to the scene.
SWAT members eventually deployed tear gas into the residence but he still refused to exit.
Shortly after, officials say the man started firing multiple gunshots toward officers.
No officers were struck; however, one of the bullets went through a neighboring home. A resident in that home was injured by the broken glass and treated for minor injuries.
No officers fired their weapons at the suspect.
After continued negotiations, the man finally exited the residence and surrendered to police around 11 a.m.
He was taken to a hospital to be treated for scratches on his back and possible gas exposure.
Once released from the hospital, he was taken into custody to face several charges, including aggravated assault, discharging a firearm at a residential structure, prohibited possessor in possession of a firearm, and several domestic violence-related charges.
Mesa police say Zambrano is being held on a $1 million bond.
The investigation remains ongoing.
