St. Joseph County activated the County-Metro SWAT team last night for an incident at Sunset Village Mobile home park off of Locust Road.

Police were called just before 7:30 p.m. after a 36-year-old man had reportedly punched his mother and twice pulled the trigger of a handgun while pointing it at her chest.

Police found the man alone inside the home and believed he was armed.

Family members told dispatch and officers on the scene that the man suffered from mental illness.

Officers unsuccessfully attempted to get the man to come out unarmed.

After obtaining a warrant, the County-Metro SWAT team was activated at 8:20.

At 9:10 SWAT officers took steps to enter the home and the man jumped out of a rear window and ran.

He was captured and a short distance later and was found with a loaded handgun.

Police identify him as 36-year-old Stephen Teacher.

Teacher was arrested and booked into the St. Joseph County Jail on preliminary charges including Domestic Battery with a deadly weapon, Intimidation with a deadly weapon and resisting and law enforcement fleeing.

Teacher is scheduled for a mental health evaluation with Oaklawn inside the County Jail.