SWAT scene blocks West Central

WERE OUT OF LUCK FOR SOME TIME LAST NIGHT ... AFTER POLICE HAD TO BLOCK OFF BOTH DIRECTION...  More »

WERE OUT OF LUCK FOR SOME TIME LAST NIGHT ... AFTER POLICE HAD TO BLOCK OFF BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR A SWAT SITUATION. THE SITUATION INVOLVED A MAN HOLED UP IN A RESIDENCE MOTEL ... AFTER AN APPARENT SWORD ATTACK. VALERIE CASTRO IS STANDING BY LIVE IN THE 62-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CENTRAL WITH DETAILS: THE STAND-OFF BETWEEN THE SWAT TEAM AND THE SUSPECT STARTED AROUND TEN LAST NIGHT ... AND LASTED A COUPLE OF HOURS. IN THE END THE OFFICERS GOT THEIR MAN. SWAT OFFICERS WALKED ALONGSIDE THEIR ARMORED VEHICLE ... AND THEN FOLLOWED IT INTO THE HACIENDA MOTEL ... A ROBOT FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AND THEN TEAR GAS WAS LOBBED INSIDE THE ROOM WHERE THE MAN WAS HOLED UP.. AROUND ONE THIS MORNING ...THE SUSPECT CAME OUT WITH HIS HANDS UP. OFFICERS SAY THE SITUATION BEGAN WHEN THE MAN GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH TWO PEOPLE ... AND SLASHED THEM ... POSSIBLY WITH A SWORD: 'some kind of a large edged weapon was used and two of the victims did receive lacerations from this large edged weapon.'NO WORD YET THIS MORNING ON THE SUSPECT'S NAME. POLICE SAY HE WAS INJURED IN THE INITIAL FIGHT WITH THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE ... AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. REPORTING LIVE ALONG WEST CENTRAL, VALERIE CASTRO EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 TODAY.  « Less