SWAT officers responded to Decrease Queen Anne on Saturday morning to arrest a suspect in a home violence-related assault.
At about 7:30 a.m.*, a patrol officer within the 700 block of 2nd Avenue West noticed a suspect in a current home violence-related assault case. When the officer approached him, the suspect fled into a close-by condo constructing and refused to return out of one of many items.
Police ensured the sufferer was secure and never with the suspect, after which tried to influence the suspect to return out of the condo. Patrol officers and an SPD negotiator tried to persuade the person to give up for a number of hours, however he refused to conform.
Police utilized for a warrant and SPD’s SWAT Crew responded to serve the warrant after a choose permitted it. SWAT officers entered the condo and arrested the suspect with out additional incident.
Officers booked the person into King County Jail for felony-level assault and violating a no-contact order, and alerted the Division of Corrections, as he’s additionally wished for a DOC-related warrant.
In case you or somebody you recognize is the sufferer of home violence, please name 911 or the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (voice)/1-800-787-3224 (TTY)/Textual content START to 88788. Different native assets will be discovered right here.
*Initially posted incorrectly as 4:30 a.m.
