Results tagged “swat”

A SWAT situation has been going on since mid-afternoon on the Barton Creek Greenbelt near 360 and Mopac. APD says a man with a gun is threatening suicide. All Mopac southbound lanes are closed from 290/71 to 360, and KXAN posted to Twitter that the Mopac northbound lanes will be closed soon at 360. If you know an alternate way to get down south instead of Mopac, you might want to take it. [Statesman]

The latest news is that, well, there's still not much news on the two yet-to-be-found suspects. Police have opened back up the Windsor Park area, all except the 1700 block of Patton Lane. They have arrested a "person of interest", but are still on the lookout for the two other passengers from the truck that fired an AK-47 at the cops. They say the two suspects are Hispanic men between the ages of 17-27. The Statesman has more on this morning's events. Here's hoping the two men are caught before it gets dark.

APD has narrowed down the area in Northeast Austin where the two armed men are hiding to the Berkman area near 290E. Police earlier blocked off the area between Dorchester, Wheless, Berkman, and Patton. KXAN just tweeted: "APD saying if you're in the area of Plaza Apartments, stay inside. You're in danger of being in the line of fire." The Plaza Apartments are located, if memory serves, on the 290E access road just past Berkman. The suspect killed by police earlier this morning was found to be wearing a bulletproof vest, and another vest was found nearby. [KXAN]