LOVELAND — Loveland Police Department SWAT team members attempted negotiations with an armed robbery suspect Friday morning in a north Loveland apartment.

According to police officials, patrol officers were investigating a robbery at West 29th Street and North Taft Avenue when they identified Loveland resident Joshua Rodriguez, 27, as a possible suspect.

Officers learned Rodriguez was armed and staying at 1 Aspen Drive #6.

According too officials, officers tried to contact him but the man refused to leave the apartment.

At 6:33 a.m. the Loveland Police Department SWAT team was called into the situation, according to a release.

Rodriguez refused to communicate with negotiators, so SWAT team members deployed “less lethal munition” into the home.

He then surrendered to the SWAT team at 8:24 a.m. where he was taken into custody and checked by medical personnel for injuries. He was not injured.

Rodriguez was wanted on two felony warratns and six misdemeanor warrants.

Police closed off Taft Avenue between 29th Street and Allison Drive for several hours.

District officials said Loveland High School staff conducted a modified secured perimeter while the incident was occurring; the campus perimeter was secured, but students were allowed to enter the building through staff-monitored doorways.

The robbery investigation is still ongoing and officials will not be releasing a booking photo of Rodriguez, who was taken to Larimer County Jail.

An emergency phone notification was sent out to 121 Loveland residents.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact Detective Henry Stucky at 962-2032.

Dana Rieck: 970-635-3630, rieckd@reporter-herald.com or twitter.com/DanaRieckRH