Residents in two separate Miami locales experienced tense standoffs as armed men barricaded themselves inside homes, prompting swift police responses. In Miramar, a man wielding a knife holed up on the 7500 block of Juniper Street, the situation escalating until police had no choice but to deploy additional law enforcement resources, including a SWAT team, CBS News Miami reported.
The standoff persisted after police’s repeated attempts to coax the man from his residence failed, a neighbor described the man as being in his 20s with known mental health issues, according to a statement obtained by CBS News Miami; the ordeal eventually concluded with the man’s safe apprehension. Meanwhile in Northwest Miami-Dade, another domestic incident unfolded on the 14100 block of Northwest Fifth Avenue, where a male subject barricaded himself post-incident. This revelation followed reports of a victim who managed to escape alleged domestic peril.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, which was called to the scene yesterday morning, secured the area to confront the containment, the turn of events forcing local residents to patiently await re-entry to their own homes. Details on the incident were scarce, but according to a WSVN interview with an area resident, confusion reigned for onlookers as the only visible activity initially was the police presence…