FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A suspect who barricaded himself inside a Fort Lauderdale business Friday afternoon was taken into custody after a SWAT response that lasted several hours, police confirmed.
According to Fort Lauderdale police, officers were called at approximately 2:42 p.m. to a business near the 800 block of Northwest 10th Terrace after receiving a report of a man who entered a restricted area and began “acting erratically.”
Patrol officers, a K-9 unit, and members of Broward Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit searched the surrounding area but were temporarily unable to locate the man. Investigators later determined he was inside the business alone…