SWAT standoff unfolding in southwest Houston

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- SWAT officers are currently at a home where investigators say an armed man has barricaded himself inside.

Police got a call about a 21-year-old suspect being holed up inside an apartment on Sandpiper at Willowbend firing a gun. A SWAT team arrived shortly after 3am.

Authorities say the man is alone at a residence and they are currently in negotiations with him to surrender safely. No word of any injuries.

We're following this developing story and will have more for you on Eyewitness News and abc13.com.

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SWAT standoff ends with arrest of five suspects

Five suspects were arrested after a SWAT stand off in northwest Harris County. The suspects are accused of stripping stolen cars.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A two-hour SWAT standoff ended with five people in handcuffs on suspicion of stripping stolen vehicles.

Sheriff's deputies say they were tipped off about a chop shop on Brownie Campbell Road in northwest Harris County.

One man was arrested immediately, but four other people inside a trailer refused to come out. They eventually surrendered for questioning.

Deputies say they found at least 17 stolen vehicles on the property.

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Suspect surrenders after 3-hour SWAT standoff

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A nearly three-hour SWAT standoff in northeast Harris County ended peacefully Sunday morning.

SWAT officers were called to the Aldine Apartments on Aldine Mail Route around 12:30am.

Deputies believe the suspect was randomly firing in the parking lot of the apartments. When they arrived, he barricaded himself inside an apartment and refused to leave.

According to investigators, the man surrendered peacefully around 5am. He was taken into custody. His name has not been released.

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SWAT standoff ends peacefully near downtown

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A SWAT scene near downtown Houston came to a peaceful end this morning. Police say a 25-year-old man shot at his wife and will face charges for the incident.

It started around 3:15am when the suspect started shooting with a pistol outside his home on Morris at Quitman after getting into an argument with his wife.

The man's wife went to a family member's house nearby. She was not injured.

When police were not able to make contact with the man, a SWAT team was called in to assist.

Police believe the suspect slept through the standoff, which lasted about four hours. He finally surrendered around 7:30am.

The man was arrested and faces charges for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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Police: Suspect in SWAT standoff shoots himself

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston police say a man shot himself after stabbing his wife and being holed up inside a home for nearly four hours.

Houston Police Department SWAT officers rushed the home on Beacham near Louetta in northwest Harris County around 11pm Saturday.

Precinct 4 Constable's Office deputies said it all started around 6:30pm when the man and his wife got into an argument.

According to officials, the man stabbed his wife in the chest, but she was able to make it outside and call 911.

The woman was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital and is expected to survive.

Deputies called in the HPD SWAT team when the man refused to come outside and a standoff ensued.

After nearly four hours, officials said communication with the man broke down. Then, they heard a shot.

Officers forced their way inside and found the man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

He was rushed to Northwest Medical Center in unknown condition.

We'll continue to follow this story and update you with new information as it becomes available.

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SWAT standoff ends with two men in custody

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Two murder suspects are now in police custody after some tense moments Monday morning. The men held SWAT officers in a standoff for about four hours at an apartment complex in southwest Houston.

Police are now interviewing all six people who were hiding out in that apartment, but they are calling the standoff a huge success. It ended in the arrest of two men they considered armed and dangerous. But one suspect is still on the loose.

Residents at the Forum Plaza apartment complex received a very frightening and very early wake up call at about 2:30am, one that left them stranded outside.

"They told us they didn't want us to move away from the breezeway because they didn't want anybody to get hurt over there," said resident Crystal Cunningham.

Officers say six people, including Joshua Horhn, 20, and Cedric Johnson-Franklin, 21 -- both wanted on capital murder charges -- were hiding inside an apartment, ignoring police demands.

"They were trying to serve a warrant and knocking on the door identifying themselves as police officers; they refused to open the door or come outside," said HPD Spokesperson John Cannon.

The murder in question happened at 3:45am Saturday on Dairy Brook where two people -- 24-year-old Treaon Bush and 21-year-old Tremaine Burnett -- were killed and a third person injured. The three suspects were described only as black males seen leaving the area in a newer model, black, four-door BMW sedan with a sunroof.

Not knowing whether the men charged or anyone else in the apartment was armed, officers banged on resident's doors, moving them out of harm's way.

"It's really safer to get everybody out of here, stray bullets and all. Can't tell you what's going on, but we need y'all to leave," said resident Tyrone Williams.

A SWAT team was called in, and using the loud speaker, the team finally negotiated a surrender without violence, ending what was a four-hour ordeal. Police and residents agree it had the best possible outcome.

"Any time you have murder suspects who are considered armed and dangerous you never know what's going to happen and thankfully it ended peacefully," Cannon said.

Investigators are still seeking information on the third unknown suspect and the BMW seen leaving the Dairy Brook scene.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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SWAT scene ends peacefully after 5-hour standoff

A SWAT scene ended peacefully after police arrested a man accused of holding a woman hostage at an apartment

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A SWAT scene ended peacefully after police arrested a man accused of holding a woman hostage at an apartment.

It happened at the Barrington apartments on Bonhomme near Harwin in southwest Houston. Police say a call came in at around 1:30am Monday reporting that a woman was crying for help. When they arrived, investigators say they heard the man loading a gun.

SWAT teams negotiated with the suspect to try to get him to surrender, but had to make a forced entry to arrest him after about five hours.

They are now questioning the man and interviewing the alleged victim.

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Suspect arrested after standoff near school

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston high school was on lockdown on the last day of school, but the precaution had nothing to do with the students.

Police had gotten a tip that a wanted suspect was in the area near Worthing High School on Reed at Scott on Houston's south side. They located the man, in his 20s, outside a fish restaurant across from the school and attempted to make a felony stop. The man was armed and refused to leave his vehicle, so Worthing High School was put on lockdown as a precaution at about 10:45. The lockdown was lifted an hour later.

SWAT officers were brought to the location in the 4600 block of Roseneath. The suspect's vehicle was surrounded and then sandwiched between two SWAT vehicles. At that point the man gave up and was taken into police custody.

The suspect's vehicle was searched and the scene finally cleared.

The suspect had two misdemeanor warrants and a felony warrant out for his arrest. There's no immediate word on the charges the warrants stemmed from.

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Standoff at bar ends with no suspect in custody

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A SWAT team surrounded a southwest Houston bar for hours this morning after they believed an armed man was holed up inside. But that suspect managed to slip away.

It happened at the Cozy Corner bar on Burdine near West Bellfort. The business owner tells Eyewitness News she got a call around 2:20am from one of her employees who was shaking, scared and nervous. She says the employee was walking to her car when she was approached by the armed suspect.

The employee told her boss she believed this was the same suspect who robbed the bar four times before. She says the suspect showed her the shotgun, and demanded that she go inside and get into the safe. The boss said since they've been robbed four times before, she had taken the key to the safe, meaning the employee couldn't get into it. That's when the suspect reportedly took off.

Because it had been robbed so many times, police say an HPD tactical team was set up doing undercover surveillance on the bar.

"She called police reporting that she'd been robbed and she then came outside. Now the surveillance team had been observing the bar the whole time and they have not seen the suspect come back out," said spokesperson Kese Smith with the Houston Police Department. "So SWAT was called out and they are attempting to make contact with the suspect. The female bartender is unharmed and obviously we have some questions we want to ask her."

The bar owner looked at surveillance video with police. It appeared the suspect was in and out in about 30 minutes, and was able to get out without being captured by police. The bar worker wasn't injured, but is afraid the armed man may be back to target the business again.

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Man surrenders after SWAT standoff

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A SWAT team was called out to a home in southeast Houston after authorities say a man threatened to hurt his wife and a one-year-old child.

It started around 10pm Saturday at a home on Newton near Fuqua.

A woman called police saying her husband said he was going to kill her and hurt their child.

The woman and the child were waiting outside when police arrived, but the husband had barricaded himself inside with a gun.

SWAT was called in and the standoff lasted more than two hours.

Eventually, the man started flashing the front porch light and came out of the front door with his hands up, surrendering with no shots fired.

No one was inured.

SWAT officers said they call this a good ending.

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Liberty County standoff ends without explosion

  DAYTON, TX (KTRK) -- A tiny spark could have changed the outcome of a Liberty County standoff in a big way Sunday.

A man called 9-1-1 Sunday to report that he was going to take his own life. He told officials he was pouring gasoline on himself, his wife and their home and that he would ignite it.

Neighbors also called police as they watched the incident unfold, officials said.

The Liberty County Sheriff's Office rushed to the man's home on County Road 4262 in the Dayton area and there was an immediate standoff between the man and deputies.

The man told deputies he wanted to end his life and the life of his wife. He also told them he wanted to burn his wrecked manufactured home, which had been damaged by a fallen tree.

He was threatening to ignite the gasoline, plus he was armed with a machete.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and a Dayton Police Department officer arrived to assist LCSO deputies. Westlake Fire Department and Liberty County EMS also responded and a small command post was set up away from the scene.

Officials said that after about 20 minutes of intense verbal negotiations, the man surrendered to LCSO deputies.

He and his wife were both checked for injuries from their skin being exposed to gasoline.

The man was transported to the Liberty County Jail and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

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Overnight SWAT standoff ends peacefully

A SWAT team was able to convince a local man to surrender after a standoff that lasted more than two hours.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man was arrested after a two and a half hour standoff Saturday night in northwest Harris County.

Police were called to a disturbance at a home in the 5400 block of Winding Way near Sheraton Oaks around 10:30pm Saturday.

A woman told officers her husband was threatening her and threatening to hurt himself. He had several guns inside the home, officials said.

A SWAT team responded. They were able to convince the man to surrender after about two and a half hours.

No shots were ever fired and one was injured during the incident, officials said. The man was taken into custody and sent for psychiatric evaluation.

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