BREAKING NEWS IS HAPPENING NOW. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS. OKC POLICE INVOLVED IN A STANDOFF WITH AN ARMED SUSPECT. 756 I’M SHELBY CASHMAN. I’M KYLIE WALKER. WE HAVE KOCO’S AUDREY GOODSON OUT LIVE AT THAT SCENE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NEAR SOUTHEAST 59TH AND SUNNY LANE. AUDREY WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? SHELBY KYLIE THIS IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR SOUTHEAST 59TH AND SUNNY LANE. THIS IS ACTUALLY JONES AND DIMPLE. NOW, YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE IS STILL A VERY HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE. WE’VE BEEN HEARING HERE THROUGHOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT POLICE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS SUSPECT TO COME OUT. THIS IS A DOMESTIC SITUATION. THE SUSPECT CAME OVER TO A HOME. HE WAS INTOXICATE, GATED AND THREATENED. A WOMAN THERE TOLD HER TO LEAVE AND THEN FELL ASLEEP. SHE DID LEAVE AND CALLED POLICE. BUT WE KNOW THAT HE IS NOW IN THERE BY HIMSELF. HE IS ARMED AND HE HAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST. WE KNOW THAT HE IS NOT RESPONDING RIGHT NOW. AN OFFICERS DON’T KNOW WHAT LEVEL OF THREAT THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH. SO IF YOU’RE COMING DOWN THIS WAY, THERE ARE SOME ROADS BLOCKED OFF HERE. JONES AND DIMPLE ARE BLOCKED OFF. BUT WE’RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE ON THIS DEVELOPI
Man arrested after standoff situation prompts tactical-team response at southeast OKC apartment
Police say they eventually coursed less-than-lethal gas into the apartment, and the man exited and was arrested.
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Updated: 12:06 PM CST Nov 17, 2023
A man was arrested after an hourslong standoff situation that prompted a tactical team response Friday morning at a southeast Oklahoma City apartment complex.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.The standoff began around 5 a.m. after police were called to an apartment complex along Sunnylane Road near Southeast 56th Street. Police said the incident started as a domestic situation during which a man refused to let a woman leave an apartment.Officers at the scene told KOCO 5 that the man reportedly went into the apartment drunk, threatened a woman there and told her to leave before falling asleep. The woman left and called 911. The suspect refused to come out of the apartment for several hours, and the Oklahoma City Police Department's tactical unit responded to the scene. Police said they eventually coursed less-than-lethal gas into the apartment, and the man exited and was taken into custody.>> Download the KOCO 5 App Authorities said the man also had an outstanding warrant and was arrested on numerous new charges, including domestic assault with a deadly weapon, threatening an act of violence, possession of a firearm after a prior felony and interfering with a 911 call. KOCO 5 has not released the suspect's name because charges have not been filed.Top Headlines1 dead, another injured in shooting on Thursday afternoon, OKC police sayTSA explains how to pack Thanksgiving food for your flightGov. Kevin Stitt's office responds after group accused governor of supporting cockfightingOklahoma Supreme Court denies Ryan Walters’ request to intervene in Catholic charter school lawsuit
OKLAHOMA CITY — A man was arrested after an hourslong standoff situation that prompted a tactical team response Friday morning at a southeast Oklahoma City apartment complex.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
The standoff began around 5 a.m. after police were called to an apartment complex along Sunnylane Road near Southeast 56th Street. Police said the incident started as a domestic situation during which a man refused to let a woman leave an apartment.
Officers at the scene told KOCO 5 that the man reportedly went into the apartment drunk, threatened a woman there and told her to leave before falling asleep. The woman left and called 911.
The suspect refused to come out of the apartment for several hours, and the Oklahoma City Police Department's tactical unit responded to the scene. Police said they eventually coursed less-than-lethal gas into the apartment, and the man exited and was taken into custody.
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Authorities said the man also had an outstanding warrant and was arrested on numerous new charges, including domestic assault with a deadly weapon, threatening an act of violence, possession of a firearm after a prior felony and interfering with a 911 call.
KOCO 5 has not released the suspect's name because charges have not been filed.
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