Man Found Dead in Sunset Ridge Apartment Building

UPDATE: Officers were dispatched to the Sunset Ridge Apartment complex on the 2100 block of Koch Drive for a welfare check Tuesday night.

While officers were knocking on the door they heard what they identified as a gunshot.

The SWAT team was paged and responded to the apartment building.

They entered the apartment and found a dead man.

The incident is under further investigation and there is no danger to the public.

The man's identity is not being released until he is identified and his family has been notified.

There is no evidence this death is of a suspicious nature.

ORIGINAL STORY: Tense moments occurred at a north Bismarck apartment building Tuesday evening.

Police evacuated a building at Sunset Ridge Apartment complex on Koch Drive around 7:30 p.m.

A SWAT team arrived and police sent a robot into the building.

Police say they were dealing with a situation and may have been looking for someone on the first floor.

An armored vehicle and agents in tactical gear surrounded the apartment.

Residents say they were surprised to see something like this happening in Bismarck.

"I didn't realize Bismarck had a truck like that, cause it's like what you see on news reports of Ferguson of the riots. They all have big black trucks and a whole bunch of gunners on top. I didn't even think Bismarck had something like that. It looked like a martial law scene or something. It was crazy," said Matthew Dockter, apartment complex resident.

Police started allowing people back into their apartments around 9 p.m.