HOUSTON — Houston police called in a SWAT team and negotiators after a man barricaded himself in an apartment with a woman and child on the city’s west side.
The standoff began very early Monday in the 15300 block of Park Row.
Police said the woman sent a text message to her mother that concerned her, so police were called to the home for a welfare check believing there could be a domestic violence situation.
Officers were able to determine people were in the apartment, but those inside refused to come out or respond.
Eventually police sent a robot in, which angered the suspect. Eventually the man released the woman and child and surrendered.
Police said the suspect already had warrants for aggravated robbery and kidnapping. Now he is going back to jail, possibly on additional charges if there was a domestic violence situation.
The standoff ended just before 6 a.m.
No weapons were found in the home.
