Northwest Side residents said they never expected to see SWAT teams in their neighborhood after a six-hour-long standoff Saturday.

Bobby Bernabie Rocha, 52, was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he threatened his roommate, according to an affidavit obtained by KSAT.

“It was just kinda scary,” Janie Brado said. “You could tell there were all-black vehicles, and I figured a SWAT team or something. I said, ‘Oh my God, this is really serious.’”

Rocha barricaded himself in a home on Cincinnati Avenue after his roommate allegedly let his two pets loose in what the roommate said was an accident.

“About 5 o’clock, I walked out of my house. I saw a few police officers,” Michael Trevino said, “but then I see more officers, and there was a big commotion about four houses

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