GILROY POLICE RESPONDED TO THE CYPRESS POINTE APARTMENTS AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING (THURSDAY). ACCORDING TO WITNESSES ON THE 8200 BLOCK OF KERN AVENUE, A MAN BARRICADED HIMSELF IN AN APARTMENT AND MAY HAVE A BOMB IN THE APARTMENT. THE SWAT TEAM AND A NEGOTIATOR WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE, AS NEARBY SCHOOLS WERE EVACUATED. NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THE MAN EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED PEACEFULLY AT 4:30 PM.
