Man enters 2-hour SWAT standoff while baby, woman, man hide in closet

HOUSTON – A nearly two-hour SWAT standoff Tuesday near Hobby Airport ended in a man's arrest.

Police heard gunshots around 9:20 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 8700 block of Broadway. Officers arrived and found a man on a third-floor balcony shooting into the air. Police said the man refused orders to drop his gun and come down, then barricaded himself the apartment.

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Police called in a SWAT team after learning a baby, woman and another man were hiding in a closet inside the apartment.

Nearly two hours later, the man surrendered to officers.

No one was hurt.


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