SWAT standoff in South Tacoma ends in suspect’s surrender
A standoff involving the Tacoma Police Department’s SWAT team ended Tuesday in a man’s arrest after he refused to leave a residence in South Tacoma where he might have imprisoned a female victim, TPD Officer Shelbie Boyd told The News Tribune.
Authorities received a call around 1:30 p.m. about a “possible imprisonment” at 3900 South Tyler Street, Boyd said.
TPD officers first on the scene attempted to make contact with the man, as did a hostage negotiator.
The man didn’t surrender until a SWAT team breached the door. He was arrested on suspicion of assault in the second degree, unlawful imprisonment and resisting arrest.
The female victim suffered injuries but was not hospitalized.
Bonny Matejowsky
The News Tribune