ST. PAUL, Minn. – The arrest of Joseph Steven Jorgenson in a gory murder case didn’t come easily. Police released this account: On June 26, when officers attempted to arrest Jorgenson, he barricaded himself in his bedroom and started a fire. When SWAT officers sprayed a chemical irritant into the room, he charged out yelling that he had a gun and was going to kill police. He grabbed one officer’s AR-15 automatic rifle and attempted to disarm them. The officer kept control of the weapon. Other SWAT team got Jorgenson under control and arrested him for the April murder of his girlfriend. Unhurt in the arrest were Jorgenson’s roommate and a woman was staying at the apartment.
Jorgenson. Accused of killing his girlfriend, then dismembering and hiding the body.