A nearly eight-hour standoff with a 61-year-old man armed with a knife and suspected of domestic violence ended late Friday when the man was apprehended by members of the Antioch Police Department SWAT team.
According to an Antioch police press release, the standoff began when officers were dispatched to a home in the 1000 block of Stonecrest Drive around 3:43 p.m. Friday. According to reports, the suspect assaulted, kidnapped, and robbed a woman.
When officers arrived at the home, they discovered the woman, 47, outside with her alleged assailant barricaded inside, according to the press release.
The man was also thought to be armed. Police also discovered that he had violated the terms of a court order and was wanted on several unrelated felony warrants for violating his probation.
Officers negotiated with the man for several hours, but he refused to come out and surrender, according to the release.
He instead brandished a large knife at the officers. The Antioch Police Department’s Crisis Negotiation and SWAT teams responded quickly and continued negotiations.
During that time, police asked that people stay away from the area while they dealt with the “contained emergency situation.”
According to the release, the man surrendered at 11:46 p.m. and was taken into custody by SWAT team members.
He was taken to the hospital for medical evaluation and then booked into Contra Costa County Jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, felony domestic violence, kidnapping, violating a court order, and resisting arrest.
