Within the park, about two blocks away, an area around the victim’s home on C block was roped off with caution tape.

Neighbors and onlookers gathered in a driveway across Sixth Avenue S.E., craning their necks to see what was going on and swapping rumors. Occasionally, an onlooker got too close and police shouted at the person get back. Some neighbors expressed shock, fear and disbelief that something like this would happen in their neighborhood.

The only residents allowed to leave Parktown were parents going to pick up their children from school. When they returned, they had to park their cars and walk into the neighborhood and were not allowed to drive there, said Amanda Thomas, who lives in the Parktown.

Around 5:45 p.m., the SWAT team vehicle and other vehicles sped away from the mobile home and parked on the 100 block of Sixth Avenue SE. Bullinger said the two men police had been looking for were taken in for questioning during a traffic stop. At the same time, other SWAT team members entered the mobile home, according to neighbors watching from across Sixth Avenue SE.

Neighbor John Patterson said he saw seven or eight SWAT members move into the home and leave again less than a minute later. They had no one with them when they left the building and they took the red box with them, Patterson said.

The statement said the means and cause of death are awaiting the results of an autopsy with the medical examiner’s office in Bismarck.

Reach reporter Mara Van Ells at 250-8251 or mara.vanells@bismarcktribune.com.

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