Man arrested during 2023 standoff sees charge dismissed
Law enforcement personnel take a suspect into custody after an assault with a weapon call turned into an armed standoff between Second and Third Avenue West North in Kalispell on Tuesday, April 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The man arrested for allegedly sparking a standoff near West Idaho Street in Kalispell in spring 2023 saw the felony charge filed against him dismissed late last year.
Prosecutors brought Erik Allen Rodriguez, 54, up on one count of assault with a weapon following the April 11, 2023 confrontation in an alley behind Second Avenue West North. Rodriguez was accused of aiming a rifle at a motorist who was traversing the passage, which provoked a response from multiple area law enforcement agencies, including the regional SWAT team.
Rodriguez pleaded not guilty to the charge in Flathead County District Court later that month. In December 2023, his attorneys sought to have Rodriguez undergo mental health evaluation.
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