Police were in a standoff with someone at a Northeast Portland home late into the night Tuesday after they say the suspect carjacked a driver after arming himself with a meat cleaver inside a restaurant.
The standoff was happened at Northeast 122nd Avenue and Broadway.
A KATU News photographer at the scene reported that police were attempting to contact the person with a loudspeaker to get them to come out.
Police said it all started when officers were responding to a report of a stolen car. They found the car in the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant near Northeast 103rd Avenue and Weidler Street. They said the driver fled from the car and ran into another restaurant, where police said he went inside its kitchen and took the meat cleaver.
Police tried to stop the suspect with a stun gun, but he ran from the restaurant and carjacked someone.
Police found that vehicle on Northeast 122nd Avenue where they said he tried to carjack two other drivers.
The suspect then ran into someone's home and police surrounded it.
The homeowner was able to run out of the house and stay warm in a police car until officers can get the suspect to surrender.
Police used a robot and several drones during the standoff and at about 10:40 p.m., breached a door, which was heard as a loud explosion.
John Ream said his son was one of the people the suspect tried to carjack.
"I got a phone call from my son, and he told me that a gentleman had just tried to hijack his car, tried to stab him and tried to take my little 2-year-old grandson," he said. "He told him, 'If you don't let me take your car, I'm going to kill you.' And then my son took my 2-year-old grandson who was behind the car in a shopping cart. My son didn't want him to get run over, backed over, so he [proceeded] to keep the guy from stabbing him, and eventually the guy couldn't get the car in reverse, so he jumped out, told him he'd be back and just took off running."
At 1 a.m. police reported that the suspect was detained after being found hiding in the attic of the home.
Detectives from the Major Crimes Unit will be taking over the investigation.