AND DEVELOPING NOW. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT INVOLVED IN A STANDOFF WITH POLICE. POLICE SAY HE BROKE INTO A HOUSE WITH A WOMAN AND A CHILD INSIDE, AND IT HAPPENED OFF OF MAY AND RENO. KOCO SHELBY MONTGOMERY JOINS US FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING. AND SHELBY, YOU JUST SPOKE WITH POLICE. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. POLICE SAY THAT WOMAN AND SIX YEAR-OLD CHILD WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE OUT OF A WINDOW IN A BACK ROOM, AND THAT SUSPECT BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE. NOW TAKE A LOOK. WE WERE ON SCENE AS POLICE WERE STILL INVESTIGATING. THEY SAY JUST BEFORE 230 THIS MORNING, THE SUSPECT CRAWLED INTO THE HOUSE USING THAT DOGGY DOOR. AFTER TWO HOURS, POLICE WENT INTO THE HOUSE AND SEARCHED IT. BUT THEY DID NOT FIND THE SUSPECT INSIDE. INVESTIGATORS WERE CALLED OUT. FIRE INVESTIGATORS WERE CALLED OUT BECAUSE THE SUSPECT DID THREATEN TO BURN THE HOUSE DOWN. POLICE SAY THIS WAS MOST LIKELY A DOMESTIC SITUATION. AGAIN, THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT SUSPECT AND THEY DO SAY HE IS NOT A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. REPORT
Police search for suspect after break-in prompts standoff at west Oklahoma City home
Police say the suspect crawled through the home's doggy door to get inside
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Updated: 9:20 AM CDT Apr 9, 2024
Oklahoma City police are searching for a suspect they say broke into a house and barricaded himself inside, sparking a standoff.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Around 2:20 a.m., police responded to a “trouble unknown” call in the 2800 block of West Lindley near Reno and May.A news release states that dispatch’s call comments said the victim called her mother to have police come to her house because her ex-boyfriend was there. Police said the suspect got into the home through a doggy door, and he barricaded himself inside.The woman and her son were able to get out of the house through a window, according to police.>> Download the KOCO 5 appOfficers set up a perimeter and tried to contact the suspect, but he didn’t respond. They eventually went into the home but didn’t find him.Police at the scene told KOCO 5 that the suspect threatened to burn down the home at some point during the barricade situation. They added that the suspect is not considered a threat to the public.Top HeadlinesUConn concludes a dominant run to its 2nd straight NCAA title, beating Purdue 75-60Chase ends in a crash in Del City, police take 2 people in custodySoutheastern Oklahoma gets one-of-a-kind view of solar eclipse during peakWoman shot, killed outside OKC event center appears to have been innocent bystander, police sayWATCH: Solar eclipse hits its peak over Idabel in southeastern Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City police are searching for a suspect they say broke into a house and barricaded himself inside, sparking a standoff.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
Around 2:20 a.m., police responded to a “trouble unknown” call in the 2800 block of West Lindley near Reno and May.
A news release states that dispatch’s call comments said the victim called her mother to have police come to her house because her ex-boyfriend was there. Police said the suspect got into the home through a doggy door, and he barricaded himself inside.
The woman and her son were able to get out of the house through a window, according to police.
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Officers set up a perimeter and tried to contact the suspect, but he didn’t respond. They eventually went into the home but didn’t find him.
Police at the scene told KOCO 5 that the suspect threatened to burn down the home at some point during the barricade situation. They added that the suspect is not considered a threat to the public.
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