SWAT situation at apartment ends with arrest of man accused of assaulting woman

Saturday, March 13, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Members of Houston Police Department's SWAT team were able to take into custody a man who barricaded himself inside an apartment near Westheimer Saturday afternoon.

The man is accused of assaulting a woman, who police said is his neighbor, moments before officers arrived.
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It started around 12:50 p.m. in an apartment on Lazy Hollow Drive.



Police said the woman whom the man assaulted was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

Around 1:30 p.m., police said the SWAT team was still continuing its efforts to convince the suspect to come out of the apartment safely. It wasn't until around 3 p.m. that authorities reported the man was taken into custody.



Officers said they used chemicals to make him come out after he ran to the back of his bedroom.
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The victim's condition is not known. Police have not said what may have led to the assault.

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