Suspect arrested for threatening to kill girlfriend in Kennewick

A 29-year-old Tri-City man was arrested after police say he threatened to kill his girlfriend.

Kennewick police were called to a house on the 600 block of S. Buntin Street shortly before midnight Wednesday for a report of a domestic disturbance.

A woman reported that Michael Rogers was pounding on her window and yelling that he was going to kill her then kill himself, police said. The woman, who is Rogers’ girlfriend, was inside with her three children.

Rogers left and returned to the house about an hour and a half later, police said.

He was arrested and booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of felony harassment.

This story was originally published March 17, 2016 at 10:50 AM with the headline "Suspect arrested for threatening to kill girlfriend in Kennewick."