Mesa police arrested a 20-year-old man Thursday who is suspected of burglarizing a neighbor’s home and then keeping police at bay while he held a gun to his head.
According to Mesa police, the incident began to unfold at 4 p.m. when they responded to a call about suspicious activity in the 2000 block of East Fairfield.
Police found a home that had been burglarized and as they were investigating learned there was a suicidal man next door. They also heard a gunshot.
Police learned that the man, identified as Richard Rodenbaugh, had also burglarized the neighbor’s home and made the initial call, according to a police report.
Rodenbaugh came out of his home with a gun to his head and returned inside after refusing to drop the gun. He came out a second time and dropped the gun.
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