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May 24, 2012
Suspects in custody following SWAT standoff
3 p.m. update:
Police said that three people, including an aggravated robbery suspect, have been taken into custody following the SWAT standoff in Southeast Austin.
The SWAT team surrounded a house in the 2600 block of Deadwood Drive to arrest the suspect in a robbery that took place Wednesday, police said. Three people inside the house were detained, including the suspect who lived at the home, officials said.
Officials are still making sure that no one else is inside the house, they said.
Earlier:
At least two suspects were taken into custody this afternoon following a SWAT standoff in Southeast Austin, police said.
The suspects were barricaded inside a house near Teri Road and Palo Blanco Lane, officials said. It was unclear why the suspects were being sought.
Nearby Houston and Rodriguez elementary schools are still on lockdown, however. Rodriguez students who live nearby will be kept at school until they can be picked up by parents, officials said, while those who do not live nearby will be released in the usual fashion. Plans for the Houston students were not immediately clear.
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May 18, 2012
SWAT standoff ends; suspect not in house
Update, 8:50 p.m.: After spending much of the evening surrounding a neighborhood in Northeast Austin, police determined the suspect — a wanted bank robber — was not in the house, officials said.
Around 5 p.m., the Austin police SWAT team was called out to a home near the intersection of Fieldgate and Weatherford drives, where they thought a suspect from a bank robbery this afternoon was barricaded inside, officials said.
The suspect was not in the home and the SWAT team was called off around 8:35 p.m., officials said. Police are still searching for a man who robbed an Austin Telco Federal Credit Union at 1100 Center Ridge Drive in North Austin around 2:35 p.m. Officials did not have a detailed description of the man, who drove away in a gray station wagon. Earlier: The Austin police SWAT team is at a home near the intersection of Fieldgate and Weatherford drives in Northeast Austin, officials said.
A subject is barricaded inside, officials said, but they had no other information.
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April 22, 2012
SWAT call ended peacefully, subject taken into custody
UPDATE: Officer Farris says the SWAT team was able to get the man to open the door and surrender to officers. He was taken into protective custody and will be evaluated by medical personnel. Any possible charges are pending.
EARLIER: Senior police officer Dennis Farris said the SWAT team was still trying to make contact with the man in the apartment at 11:15 p.m. Farris said that based on information from the family, the man is armed. “There are weapons in the apartment.”
Family members told police that the man is distraught and possibly suicidal. “Our goal is for a peaceful resolution, so we’ve taken all the necessary precautions. Residents in adjacent apartments were evacuated,” Farris said.
Police set up a road block on the North MoPac frontage road that prevented residents of two other complexes, the Gables and Barton Creek Landing, from getting home.
EARLIER: The Austin Police Department SWAT team was called to an apartment complex late Sunday about a barricaded man whom family members described as “someone who may hurt himself,” said Lieutenant Ed Hughes.
“We are treating it as a person who is barricaded, so the SWAT team was called,” said Hughes.
He said police were initially called to the Post Barton Creek apartments at 2001 S. MoPac Blvd. at 7:26 p.m.
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January 16, 2012
SWAT call ends without incident
Update, 9:15 a.m.: Officers responded to a call about a suicidal subject on the 6800 block of Thorncliffe drive around 1:12 a.m., Austin police Lt. Rick Paniagua said.
The subject refused to come out and threatened to shoot rounds into the air, Paniagua said. SWAT was called to the location around 3 a.m. and the person was taken into custody around 7:20 a.m., he said. Nobody was hurt in the incident.
“It ended as peacefully as you can imagine,” Paniagua said.
The Austin Police Department said this morning that an overnight SWAT callout has ended without incident. The department also said this morning that the subject of the call is now in police custody.
The incident began after midnight in the 6800 block of Thorncliffe Drive.
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December 18, 2011
SWAT call ends without incident; suspect not in apartment
Update: 6:50 a.m. Monday: The SWAT team operation ended without incident just before 1 a.m., police officials said. Officers did not find the suspected gunman inside the apartment. The suspect’s name was not released.
Earlier: An Austin Police Department SWAT team has surrounded a Southeast Austin apartment where authorities say a man has barricade himself inside with a gun.
Officials said reports of shots fired came in at 7:25 p.m. from the Park View at Town Lake apartments in the 2100 block of Burton Drive.
Witnesses reported hearing multiple shots being fired and seeing residents running, officials said.
Austin police officials said the man shot a woman before locking himself inside a Park View unit. Officials said it is unclear whether he lives in the apartment.
The woman was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge with non-life threatening injuries, Sgt. Keith Bazzle.
It is unclear what relationship, if any, exists between the suspect and the woman.
Nearby apartments have been evacuated. Capital Metro buses have been brought in to hold residents during the SWAT response.
Note: Entry updated to correct who reported hearing shots and seeing residents fleeing.
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November 22, 2011
Killeen police arrest man after SWAT standoff
FROM THE KILLEEN POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Officers responded to 1126 Royal Crest at approximately 12:30am after receiving a 911 call telling them the male was going to kill himself. The caller said the male was inside his vehicle, a gray Mazda four door, outside of the residence with a gun. Officers arrived and located the armed male inside the Mazda. The Tactical Response Unit was deployed and members of the Crisis Negotiations team began speaking with the male but he kept threatening to harm himself; he eventually quit talking and stayed inside his vehicle.
Members of the SWAT team deployed chemical agents attempting to get the male out of his vehicle. At 8:02am the male exited his vehicle with a handgun but did not comply with the officers demands until a K-9 unit was deployed; the male then complied with officers and he was taken into custody at 8:03am. Cody Michael Kuhlmann-Todd was charged with Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon and transported to the Killeen City Jail. He is awaiting arraignment at this time.
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November 9, 2011
SWAT team searches for suspects in aggravated robbery
Police are still looking for three men after arresting a fourth man in connection with an aggravated robbery Tuesday night in East Austin, officials said.
A SWAT unit searched a home on Colony Park Drive near Ritchie Drive in Northeast Austin until about 6:10 p.m. Wednesday. Police looked unsuccessfully for Joshua Jones, center; Norman Tuff, left; and Anthony Gardner, right. APD spokesman Cpl. Anthony Hipolito said the men robbed a cell phone store about 8:25 p.m. Tuesday on Westminster Drive near Wellington Drive and Briarcliff Boulevard.
A fourth suspect, Reitay Nickerson, is Travis County jail on aggravated robbery charges, according to jail records.
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September 21, 2011
South Austin SWAT call ends with arrest
One of Austin’s most wanted burglars was arrested tonight after a standoff with SWAT officers, according to police.
The Police Department’s burglary unit was serving an arrest warrant in the 2200 block of Wilson Street in South Austin when they saw the suspect run into an apartment, police said. Because the suspect has a violent history, the SWAT team was called out. Several adjacent apartments were evacuated.
After an hour of negotiating, the man surrendered to police. Police did not release his name.
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September 19, 2011
SWAT on scene at Southeast Austin apartment
UPDATE FROM APD (1:35 a.m.): The SWAT call on Bluff Springs has ended. The suspect was not located inside the apartment. The case remains under investigation.
EARLIER: Austin police are working a SWAT standoff at an apartment complex in the 6500 block of Bluff Springs Road in Southeast Austin.
Cpl. Scott Perry said early today that a woman went to her boyfriend’s apartment about 8:30 p.m. Sunday. For reasons that are unknown, the man started shooting at the woman but did not hit her, Perry said.
When police arrived at the apartment complex, witnesses said they saw the man run back into his apartment. Perry said SWAT was called out to negotiate with the man, though no contact was made.
Several apartments surrounding that of the man’s have been evacuated, he said.
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August 19, 2011
SWAT standoff taking place in East Austin
Update: Officers have arrested a man who willingly came out of a house where he had barricaded himself, police said. His name was not released.
SWAT team officers are at the scene of a standoff with a person who is barricaded inside a house at 6407 Springdale Road in East Austin, police said. No further information is available.
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August 6, 2011
One suspect still at large after last night's SWAT standoff
An Austin police SWAT standoff ended late last night when authorities didn’t find a suspect in the house.
The SWAT team was stationed outside a home on Spicewood Springs Road west of Mesa Drive, where a homeowner surprised at least one burglar when he arrived home, police said.
The suspect was seen running out of the back of the house but so far no arrests have been made, police said.
Officers weren’t sure if there was another suspect inside the house, where the homeowner said there were weapons. Authorities didn’t find anyone when they searched the house.
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July 18, 2011
SWAT standoff ends without incident
UPDATE: Police say the SWAT situation has ended without further incident.
EARLIER: Police are attempting to negotiate with a man who has barricaded himself inside an apartment in Northwest Austin.
A call came in about a suspicious vehicle in the 900 block of Reinli Street. Officers attempted to arrest a 19-year-old man, who had a gun, police said. The man got out of the car and escaped with the weapon. Police said he ran into a nearby unit in the Highland Cove apartment complex.
Negotiators and SWAT are on the scene.
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July 13, 2011
Man taken into custody after SWAT callout identified, charged
Update: The man who barricaded himself in a far South Austin home and drew an hours-long SWAT standoff this morning has been identified as 30-year-old Joshua Schoen, a police official said.
Schoen has been charged with a parole violation in connection with a previous forgery case, the official said. He was booked into Travis County jail shortly after 10 a.m., jail records show.
Earlier: A man who barricaded himself in a home in far South Austin has been taken into custody, and Austin SWAT team members are clearing the scene, a police official said.
Police responded to a check-welfare call shortly after 2 a.m. in the Saddlewood Estates subdivision near Old Manchaca Road and Slaughter Lane when they came upon the subject, a man in his 30s, an official said.
The man ran inside a home at the 10500 block of Garbacz, and SWAT team personnel were called, the official said.
Police said the man, who had a parole violation for a forgery charge, was possibly armed.
Residents near the home had been evacuated, a police official said, and will be allowed to return.
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July 7, 2011
SWAT team called out to North Austin residence
UPDATED: Police said the SWAT call out ended without incident.
A SWAT team has responded to a barricaded person inside a home in the 9400 block of Parkfield Drive near Rundberg Lane.
Police said one person is inside a duplex building and that no evacuations are under way.
No other information is available.
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May 22, 2011
SWAT standoff in Pflugerville ends with arrest
Pflugerville police have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with a SWAT standoff Sunday morning.
Police said they received a call about a family disturbance in the 1500 block of Quail Run Road and were advised that the suspect was armed with an assault weapon and a handgun. Officials said he had threatened a family member with the gun.
Police and Travis County sheriff’s deputies were able to negotiate with the man, who surrendered. He was taken into custody and could face aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges, officials said.
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April 21, 2011
SWAT call-out ends without incident
5:35 p.m. update: Police say the SWAT call-out in far East Austin has ended without incident.
Some streets in the area are still closed and a person of interest is in custody. No one was inside the home when the SWAT team made entry, police said.
Earlier: Police said the department’s SWAT team has been called out to the 6100 block of Tiner Trail in far East Austin after reports that a home had been broken into.
Neighbors called police around 1:45 p.m. today after one or two men broke into a home on Tiner Trail, according to police. Officers arrived to find broken glass and an open door.
Police called the SWAT team for assistance because it was not known if the men were still inside the home and, if so, whether they were armed. Several Manor schools were on lock down because of the incident, which has not been resolved.
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March 23, 2011
South Austin SWAT standoff ends, police say
Update 12:30 p.m.: Both suspects involved in the SWAT standoff have been taken into custody. One man surrendered at 11:30 a.m. and was taken in custody. The second man was into custody at 12:17 p.m.
Police said there were no reports of any more injuries.
Update 11:10 a.m.: Two men, two women and two children left the home about 11 a.m., officials said. Police believe two suspects are still inside.
Update 11 a.m.: Austin police said they were called to a robbery near S. First and Juanita streets in South Austin shortly before 9 a.m. today when a 16-year-old victim was “jumped” by several people. Police said they traced the suspects to a home in the 2800 block of Ray Wood Drive
Officers took three suspects into custody, but they think others barricaded themselves inside the home. Authorities think at least one child is inside the house.
Earlier: Austin police are at the scene of a SWAT callout in South Austin, authorities said.
The callout began before 10 a.m., and police have set up a command post near a South Austin Recreation Center at 1100 Cumberland Road near Oltorf Street in South Austin.
Police did not have immediate details on the SWAT call, other than to say several subjects were barricaded at a home near the center.
Correction: This story has been updated to correct the location of the SWAT standoff.
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March 7, 2011
Hays Co. shooting suspect arrested
UPDATE: Hays County sheriff officials said they’ve arrested the man suspected of shooting his wife earlier today.
Officials said deputies responded to a 911 hang up call at 4:07 this morning at a home in the 300 block of Suffield Drive in Buda. A 23-year-old woman had been shot in the hand and face by her 25-year-old husband, Anthony Saucedo, during a domestic dispute, said officials, who had reported his age earlier as 55.
Saucedo had fled the scene but was later located in the parking lot of Cracker Barrel in San Marcos and arrested. Saucedo is presently in Hays County Jail facing an Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge, officials said.
EARLIER: Hays County Sheriff’s officials are searching for a man they say shot his wife and fled their home in Buda.
Sheriff’s spokeswoman Laurie Bain said officers received a 911 call around 4 p.m. this afternoon from a woman in the 300 block of Suffield Drive in Buda who said she had been shot. Bain said officers believe the shooter was the victim’s husband, 55-year-old Anthony Saucedo.
Bain said the woman suffered injuries to her hands and face during the shooting and said the woman told police her two young children were inside the home.
The woman, who officials did not identify, was taken to University Medical Center at Brackenridge; her condition was not immediately known, Bain said.
Bain said SWAT Team officers were called to the scene because police believed Saucedo was barricaded inside with the children. When officers entered the home about 6 p.m., they found it was empty, Bain said. The children were later located safely at a home in San Marcos.
Saucedo remains at large.
Bain said he is driving a gray 2001 Chevrolet Suburban with license plate number KDP-785. He is described as having tattoos on his head and body, including one that says “ATX” on his face. Bain said officers are securing a warrant for Saucedo’s arrest on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Anyone with information about the incident or about Saucedo’s whereabouts is asked to call the Hays County Sheriff’s Office or 911.
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January 26, 2011
Man charged in Sunday SWAT standoff
An Austin man has been charged in connection with a SWAT standoff in the 1200 block of West 29th Street Sunday afternoon, according to an arrest affidavit.
Brandon Blaine Rekemeyer, 34, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, the affidavit said.
Police responded to a call of a disturbance involving a gun Sunday at Rekemeyer’s residence at 1202 West 29th Street, the affidavit said.
A man at the scene, Robert Hayden, complained Rekemeyer “had a gun and threatened to kill him,” the affidavit said. Hayden said he had arrived to the residence with a friend to pick up his sister, who was dating Rekemeyer, the affidavit said. The night before, Hayden’s sister and Rekemeyer had argued, and she called her brother to pick her up, the affidavit said.
Hayden said when he entered the home, he observed a handgun laying on a side table and the two men then exchanged words, the affidavit said. Rekemeyer then grabbed the weapon and pointed it at Hayden while saying “I’m gonna kill you,” the affidavit said.
Hayden’s sister stepped between the two men, while another friend grabbed Rekemeyer’s arm and restrained him, the affidavit said. Another roommate who was present grabbed the gun, the affidavit said.
Rekemeyer is the same man connected to a two-hour standoff Sunday at the same address, a police official said. He was taken into custody after surrendering to police negotiators about 2 p.m. that day, officials said.
Rekemeyer was booked into Travis County jail Sunday and faces a $20,000 bail, according to jail records.
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January 23, 2011
West Campus SWAT call out ended
A man is in Austin police custody today after a two-hour standoff in the 1200 block of West 29th Street, according to police.
Cpl. Wuthipong ” Tank” Tantaksinanukij said police received a call about a family disturbance with a gun about 11:30 a.m. Sunday. He said the suspect surrendered to police negotiators about 2 p.m. and was the only person inside the home.
No injuries were reported however a woman, who was the man’s roommate Tantaksinanukij said, was sick and taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation.
Tantaksinanukij said police did not yet know if the man had any firearms inside the home nor did he know who made the initial 911 call.
For the duration of the standoff, 29th Street was closed from San Gabriel to Wooldridge Drive.
No evacuations were ordered, Tantaksinanukij said.
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September 25, 2010
SWAT standoff ends in East Austin
Update: The Austin Police Department reported that the standoff ended after police entered the house and found nobody there. The man who they were looking for is still on the loose.
Police are searching for an African-American, around 5’ 7,” medium-to-heavy build with a shaved head, who was last seen wearing a green shirt and dark pants.
Scott Perry, spokesman for Austin Police Department said the man is not believed to be a danger to the public. Perry thinks his anger was directed toward a family member.
Earlier: The Austin Police Department SWAT is on the scene of a barricaded subject on Prock Lane in East Austin.
The East Austin street of Prock Lane is shut down between Estes Avenue to the west and its dead-end to the east while police try to negotiate with a man they believe to be armed and holed up in his home in the 5500 block of Prock Lane.
Police responded to a disturbance with gun call at 11:46 a.m. Saturday at the street and found a male laying in the street with lacerations about the head, according to Corporal Scott Perry, a spokesman with the Austin Police Department.
“He had not been shot,” Perry said. “It looked like he had been pistol-whipped.”
The suspect then fled into his own house on Prock Lane, police say the victim reported.
The victim is the boyfriend of the suspect’s sister. Perry said the dispute is being investigated as a family disturbance.
Police then set up a perimeter around the house and the SWAT team was called as part of protocol, Perry said.
“We’re setting up negotiations,” Perry said. “But we’re not sure if the suspect is in the house or not. We have not seen him inside the house.”
Police have tried to communicate with bullhorns and public address systems and have not heard any response.
No shots have been fired and police do not believe there are any hostages.
“Our method of contact escalates” as the standoff goes on, Perry said, but he said he could not divulge details.
He said the length of the standoff is “more dependent on the actions of the suspect than anything else. If he listens and responds to negotiators, it will end quickly.”
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May 20, 2010
SWAT callout ends in Northeast Austin
Photo by Claudia Grisales
UPDATE: Austin police have called off a more than five-hour SWAT callout in Northeast Austin, a police official said Thursday. The move was made after police cleared a Northeast Austin home where a suspect was believed to have barricaded himself, Austin Police Cpl. Wuthipong Tantaksinanukij said. The suspect was not found inside the home, the official said. The area around the incident has been reopened. Neighbors have been allowed to return to their homes.
Police will continue their search for the suspect, a police official said. The man could face assault charges. Police were not able to provide a description of him.
EARLIER: Austin police are on the scene of a SWAT call in Northeast Austin early Thursday after a suspect barricaded himself in a home, a police official said.
About 12:45 a.m., police responded to a domestic disturbance between a man and woman at a residence in the Cricket Hollow apartments on Interstate 35 just north of Braker Lane, said Austin police Lt. Dana Brockington. The two were believed to be boyfriend and girlfriend. When officers arrived, the woman said the man had run away.
A short time later, police saw a person matching the suspect’s description running into a home in the 900 block of Riddlewood Drive, Tantaksinanukij said. Austin SWAT members were called to the scene about 1:30 a.m., a police official said. Police say that the people living in the home had no connection to the suspect and that the home was empty at the time.
Immediate neighbors to the home were asked to leave while SWAT was on the scene, police said.
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August 2, 2009
Police: Overnight SWAT standoff in South Austin apartments
Austin police say a SWAT standoff in which a man was keeping his infant child from the child’s mother in a South 1st apartment ended peacefully this morning.
Officer Dennis Farris said Austin police were called to the Estates at Southpark Meadows apartments at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday with a report that the father of an infant was holding the child in the apartment and would not let the mother inside. The mother and father of the infant both lived in the apartment, but it’s unclear whether they are married, Farris said. The man was possibly suicidal, and there was a report that there might be firearms inside the apartment, he said.
“Obviously our concern was for the safety of the child and the safety of the suspect,” Farris said.
The SWAT team was called out and after negotiating with the man for more than four hours, the man surrendered peacefully at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, and the infant was turned over to the child’s mother, Farris said.
The man was being evaluated Sunday morning, Farris said. No charges have been filed, and the investigation is ongoing, he said.
The infant was unharmed and appeared to be asleep through most of the standoff, Farris said.
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July 9, 2009
Men accused of holding up to 25 immigrants in Bastrop County home
Two men have been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping after officials say they held up to 25 immigrants against their will at a home near Dale in Bastrop County, the sheriff’s office said.
Juan Carlos Sanchez-Camacho, 29, left, and Nabor Rodriguez-Guillen, 20, were arrested Wednesday evening at the home at 380 FM 672, the statement said. Officials said Sanchez-Camacho is an illegal immigrant.
Six people believed to be from Honduras and El Salvador ranging in age from 27 to 46 years old were found in the home by police, the statement said.
A seventh victim escaped the night before through a hole in the floorboard and spent the night in a vehicle after breaking into it. The owner of the vehicle notified police of the break-in, and that’s what led to the discovery of the other victims, officials said.
The victim said that three men with assault rifles and handguns had been holding the people without food and water for three days, the spokeswoman said. Three female hostages were reportedly sexually assaulted, the statement said.
The captors had been in contact with family members of the hostages demanding more money for their release, the statement said.
SWAT teams from Bastrop and Travis counties, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Human Trafficking Task Force and Austin police helicopters assisted in the arrest, the statement said.
People at the home said that after the person escaped, the captors started shipping people out of the home, the spokeswoman said. Those victims included the three women, officials said. One of the captors also had left before authorities got there, she said.
The case is still under investigation, she said.
Both suspects are in the Bastrop County Jail with bail set at $700,000, the statement said.
The victims are being housed at an undisclosed shelter in Austin.
Officials said there is no reason to believe the case was related to the arrest in Austin this week of two men, 43-year-old Ismael Alvarez and 23-year-old Luis Adrian Lopez-Alegria, who are accused of holding hostage and torturing three victims who had recently crossed the border. Police are looking for a third suspect in that case, 44-year-old Tereso Lopez-Leon.
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June 2, 2009
Authorities release more information about Monday's SWAT standoff
FROM THE TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE:
On May 31, 2009, at 11:11pm, Deputies were called to 4004 River Road, in Southeast Travis County, in reference to a Family Disturbance. Upon arrival the deputies were told that the suspect was agitated and he may hurt himself or someone else. Responding deputies saw the man come out of his house carrying two long guns and called Travis County Sheriffs SWAT to the scene. SWAT Deputies took control of the house and had Sheriff’s Negotiators try to make contact with the suspect and put Austin/Travis County EMS on standby in the area. At about 2:45am, the man came out of the house carrying a shotgun. He walked up close to an armored SWAT vehicle and was told to put his weapon down. The man then raised the shotgun towards the deputies, despite their pleas for him to put the weapon down. He was shot one time in the torso before he could shoot the deputies.
EMS was called up to the house and the man was transported, by StarFlight, to University Medical Center at Brackenridge where he is listed in critical condition. He has been identified as, Douglas Willard, Date of Birth 1-21-1975.
No charges have been filed against Mr. Willard at this time.
During the incident Mr. Willard’s female friend was in the residence. She was not injured.
The Deputy who is involved in the shooting is identified as, Senior Deputy Scott Schroeder.
Scott has been with the Sheriff’s Office for over 18 years and with the SWAT Unit for over 5 years. He has been assigned to administrative duties while the investigation proceeds.
As with all deputy involved shootings there will be investigations by the Internal Affairs Unit and the Major Crimes Unit. The Texas Rangers will also oversee the investigation.
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April 29, 2009
Standoff at Southeast Austin home ends peacefully
An Austin police SWAT team activation in Southeast Austin has ended peacefully, with a man taken into custody, authorities said.
Sgt. Richard Stresing said police were attempting to serve a warrant this morning near Dove Springs Drive and Wagon Bend Trail when a man barricaded himself inside a home.
Police said the man, 29-year-old Allen Crayton Thomas, was wanted on a Gillespie County warrant on a charge of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
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April 22, 2009
SWAT team outside S. Austin duplex
The Austin police SWAT team has been called to a South Austin duplex, where officials think a man who assaulted two women early today may have barricaded himself.
Police spokesman Scott Perry said a 22-year-old man went into a home in the 9100 block of North Plaza and assaulted the mother of his child by beating her with a gun at about 3 a.m. today. The man returned several hours later and assaulted the woman’s sister, who also was in the house, Perry said.
Perry said officers obtained information about places the man frequents, and tracked him down at about 10 a.m. to a duplex in the 1300 block of South Port Drive, just north of Ben White Boulevard.
Officers think the man may still be armed, and called for the department’s SWAT team.
Perry said the man faces charges of aggravated assault and burglary.
