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White Earth Man Threatens to Shoot Deputies During Sunday Night Arrest
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White Earth Man Threatens to Shoot Deputies During Sunday Night Arrest

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BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A White Earth, Minnesota man is accused of threatening to shoot deputies as they tried to arrest him Sunday night.

Becker County Deputies located Robert Azure, Sr. at a residence in White Earth.

Felony and misdemeanor arrest warrants have been issued for the 50-year-old man.

When Azure was told he was under arrest, he locked himself in a bedroom and threatened to shoot the deputies.

Several other officers responded to the scene, including from White Earth, and Callaway and Azure eventually emerged from the bedroom and were taken into custody.

He was booked into the Becker County Jail on warrants from Mahnomen and Becker counties for drug possession and burglary and misdemeanor warrants for violation of protective order and domestic assault.

The investigation is pending.