Barricaded man surrenders in Puyallup following SWAT response that led to evacuations
Update, 9:36 a.m.: It’s expected that law enforcement will remain in the area for several hours while police work to obtain a search warrant for the home where the suspect was barricaded, according to Puyallup Police Department.
Update, 8:26 a.m.: Police said the man came out of the home and surrendered shortly after 8 a.m. The woman thought to be inside with him was not there. No injuries were reported.
Original story: A SWAT team response is underway Monday morning in Puyallup after an early-morning call for suspicious activity led officers to try to take a man with multiple warrants for his arrest into custody, according to police.
The SWAT team was negotiating with a 37-year-old man who was thought to be armed and barricaded in a home near Forest Green Boulevard and Forest Park Court North, a residential area about a mile-and-a-half east of Wildwood Park, Puyallup Police Department spokesperson Capt. Ryan Portmann said.
Portmann said about 30 officers from multiple law enforcement agencies had arrived, and residents on Forest Park Court North had been evacuated from their homes. A short stretch of Forest Green Boulevard was shut down, and police asked people to avoid the area.
No gunshots have been fired, Portmann said. He said police were first called to the area at about 4:30 a.m. for suspicious activity, and officers developed probable cause to arrest a man who has warrants for assault and weapons violations.
Portmann said the man is believed to be inside with his girlfriend, and he said she also hadn’t been cooperative with police.
At 6:45 a.m., an incident commander arrived at the scene, Portmann said. He said he believed that’s when the SWAT team was called to respond. According to a tweet from the police department, it was the Metro Tactical Response Team, a multi-agency squad for Pierce County.
This story was originally published May 1, 2023 at 8:20 AM.
