Assault with a deadly weapon investigation leads to suspect barricade, then arrest

Police cordoned off a portion of Los Alamos Road in Murrieta while SWAT attempted to extricate the suspect from a residence at Madison Park Condominiums, Sept. 11. Valley News/Courtesy photo
MURRIETA – A 911 call was received by the Murrieta Police Department Communications Center on Sept. 11 at 11:08 a.m. regarding an assault with a deadly weapon. Officers from the Murrieta Police Department and paramedics from Murrieta Fire & Rescue responded to the Madison Park Condominiums at 24909 Madison Avenue, where they met an adult male with non-life-threatening laceration wounds to the face and hand.The victim reported an altercation with his neighbor, Michael Keen, who lives directly across from him. During the altercation, Keen allegedly swung a sword at his neighbor, striking him across the face and hand. Following the assault, the victim fled to a nearby residence to seek help, and the police were notified. The suspect remained inside his home and barricaded the doors
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