WATSON — The West Central Tribune had a reporter and photographer in Watson, Minnesota, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, covering the police standoff with a city resident.
A person peers out of a broken second-story window at the home of Joseph Mark Rongstad in Watson during a police stand-off on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Earlier in the day, Rongstad allegedly made threats on social media to shoot persons on the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota.
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Law enforcement officers block roadways surrounding the home of Joseph Mark Rongstad in Watson on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.
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A SWAT vehicle sits outside the home of Joseph Mark Rongstad during a police stand-off in Watson on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Earlier in the day, Rongstad allegedly made threats on social media to shoot persons on the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota.
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Law enforcement block off roadways surrounding the home of Joseph Mark Rongstad during a police stand-off in Watson on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.
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Law enforcement block off roadways surrounding the home of Joseph Mark Rongstad during a police stand-off in Watson on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.
Macy Moore / West Central Tribune
The town of Watson sits locked down by law enforcement during a police stand-off with Joseph Mark Rongstad on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.
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Law enforcement block off roadways surrounding the home of Joseph Mark Rongstad during a police stand-off in Watson on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.
Macy Moore / West Central Tribune
Law enforcement stand outside the home of Joseph Mark Rongstad in Watson after a police stand-off ended with Rongstad’s arrest on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Earlier in the day, Rongstad alledgedly made threats to posted a threat on social media to shoot persons on the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota.
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Law enforcement officers clear the property outside the home of Joseph Mark Rongstad in Watson following a standoff on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. The University of Minnesota had issued an alert early Thursday morning putting the Twin Cities campus on an emergency footing after a threat to shoot persons on the Twin Cities campus was posted on social media. Rongstad allegedly was the source of the threat.
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Window panes are shattered on the second-story level of Joseph Mark Rongstad’s home in Watson after a police stand-off on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Earlier in the day, Rongstad allegedly made threats to posted a threat on social media to shoot persons on the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota.
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Law enforcement leaves the home of Joseph Mark Rongstad in Watson after searching the interior on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Earlier in the day, Rongstad allegedly made threats to posted a threat on social media to shoot persons on the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota.
Macy Moore / West Central Tribune
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Macy Moore is an award-winning photojournalist at the West Central Tribune in Willmar, Minnesota. She can be reached via email: mmoore@wctrib.com or phone: 320.214.4338.
