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Person in custody after hours-long standoff in Oklahoma City

Members of the SWAT team breached the door using a robot and took the person into custody around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Person in custody after hours-long standoff in Oklahoma City

Members of the SWAT team breached the door using a robot and took the person into custody around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

I WILL SHOW YOU FRIDAY AND THAT IS COMING UP. SHELBY: THANK YOU, JONATHAN. BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS OVERNIGHT OUT OF A SOUTHWEST OKC NEIGHBORHOOD. A POLICE TACTICAL TEAM CALLED IN BECAUSE OF A STANDOFF. JASON: OUR KOCO CREW, FIRST ON SCENE OVERNIGHT. KOCO’S KYLIE WALKER JOINS US LIVE. KYLIE, THE STANDOFF LASTED SEVEN HOURS. >> IT LASTED SEVERAL HOURS STARTING LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE 8:30 AND ENDING AT 3:00 THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT MADE SOME THREATS AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THAT ESCALATED FROM THERE AND THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE SCENE. WHAT WE KNOW FROM POLICE IS THAT SOMEONE CALLED 911 AROUND 8:20 PM FOR A DISTURBANCE NEAR THE 3200 BLOCK OF SOUTHWEST 17TH STREET. POLICE SAY THAT ONE PERSON WAS ABLE TO GET OUT WHO HAD BEEN ASSAULTED . THAT PERSON TOLD POLICE THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON INSIDE WHO WAS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO LEAVE. SWAT RESPONDING AFTER THE SUSPECT REPORTEDLY BARRICADED THEMSELVES INSIDE AN APARTMENT IN THAT AREA FOR HOURS. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY TRIED TO TALK THIS PERSON OUT THE BUILDING. SWAT ENDING UP BREACHING THE DOOR USING A ROBOT AND WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AND GET THE OTHER VICTIM INSIDE OUT AND THE PERSON COME UP POLICE SAY WAS UNHARMED. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND FACES CHARGES INCLUDING KIDNAPPING, ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
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Person in custody after hours-long standoff in Oklahoma City

Members of the SWAT team breached the door using a robot and took the person into custody around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Authorities took a person into custody following an hours-long standoff overnight in southwest Oklahoma City.The standoff started around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment near the 3200 block of Southwest 17th Street. Police said the suspect made some threats to neighbors, and the confrontation got heated.A SWAT team responded after the suspect reportedly barricaded themselves inside an apartment for hours. Authorities said they tried to talk the person out of the building, but they did not come out.Members of the SWAT team breached the door using a robot and took the person into custody around 3 a.m. Wednesday.Police said during the standoff, a second person who was assaulted got out of the apartment, and a second person was inside with the suspect. The second person was unharmed.Authorities said the suspect faces counts of kidnapping and assault and battery.

Authorities took a person into custody following an hours-long standoff overnight in southwest Oklahoma City.

The standoff started around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment near the 3200 block of Southwest 17th Street. Police said the suspect made some threats to neighbors, and the confrontation got heated.

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A SWAT team responded after the suspect reportedly barricaded themselves inside an apartment for hours. Authorities said they tried to talk the person out of the building, but they did not come out.

Members of the SWAT team breached the door using a robot and took the person into custody around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Police said during the standoff, a second person who was assaulted got out of the apartment, and a second person was inside with the suspect. The second person was unharmed.

Authorities said the suspect faces counts of kidnapping and assault and battery.