The Brief
- Three people, including a 17-year-old female, were arrested Wednesday following an armed confrontation and a brief SWAT standoff at a Fife motel.
- Police responded to a parking lot dispute at a Motel 6 that escalated into an assault with a firearm before a wanted 43-year-old man barricaded himself inside a room.
- The Metro Cities SWAT team took the armed suspect into custody peacefully after a more than two-hour standoff, and detectives later recovered two loaded handguns from the scene.
FIFE, Wash. – Police arrested three people, including a teenager, following an armed confrontation and a brief SWAT standoff at a Fife motel on Wednesday.
Police, SWAT arrest three people at Motel 6 in Fife
What we know:
According to the Fife Police Department, officers responded at around 1:38 p.m. to a report of a disturbance involving multiple people and a gun in the parking lot of the Motel 6 near the corner of 20th Street East and 54th Avenue East along I-5.
Police arrived within four minutes and detained several people. Officers also cordoned off the roadway and closed off access to the parking lot to investigate. It was determined that a group of people staying in one motel room had clashed with another group on the property, which resulted in an assault involving a firearm.…