Early Sunday morning in northeast Austin, SWAT officers were deployed to address a concerning situation where a man had barricaded himself inside a residence. According to CBS Austin, the Austin Police Department (APD) received a call concerning the incident around 6:20 a.m. and arrived at the 9900 block of Faylin Drive to investigate.
The police had been quickly asked to respond to a cry for help from a daughter who had claimed, through a text, that she was being held against her will. To efficiently ascertain her safety, police officers arrived at the scene about 8 minutes after the initial 911 call at approximately 4:12 a.m., as reported by KVUE. Confirming the urgency of the situation, they found and safely evacuated the daughter from the backyard of the property before she could make her escape over a fence.
The incident escalated when the man involved, allegedly armed, refused to exit the house and continued to hold another family member inside. In light of these circumstances, an arrest warrant was quickly issued. The intensity of the occasion called for the APD to summon their SWAT team after a mere 30 minutes had passed with the man still refusing to come out, thereby beginning the standoff…