BOZEMAN, Mont. – A man wielding a machete was arrested without injury after an hours-long standoff that caused Bozeman police to close several blocks near downtown and evacuate students from Hawthorne Elementary School.
Police pulled the driver over at about 1 p.m., and arrested him after a standoff in the snow shortly after 4 p.m.
Hawthorne Elementary students were evacuated to the Bozeman Public Library and began being picked up by parents and family around 2:30 p.m., according to a news release from the city.