SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 FBI agents and local law enforcement took a barricaded subject into custody Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
Agents responded to Signal Pointe Apartments in Winter Park near the intersection of Howell Branch Road and State Road 436, close to Casselberry.<\/p>\n
The FBI confirmed the subject is now in custody and there is no longer a threat to public safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe FBI was executing a court-authorized law enforcement activity in the area,\u201d an FBI spokesperson said. \u201cThe barricaded subject has been taken into custody.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office confirmed agents were executing a federal search warrant at the apartment complex. Authorities have not released details about what investigators were looking for or identified the person who was taken into custody.<\/p>\n
Mark Avella, who lives in the residential neighborhood behind the apartment complex, said he was returning home after taking his children to school when he saw law enforcement vehicles heading toward the complex.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was coming back from driving my kids off at school, and about four cop SUVs had their sirens on,\u201d Avella said. \u201cAnd in between them was a giant, what looked like a SWAT vehicle of some kind, and it had like a giant battering ram thing on the front of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Avella said the law enforcement vehicles were moving quickly as other drivers tried to get out of their way.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were just\u2014they were moving pretty quick, and a lot of cars were trying to get out of the way,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was pretty wild.\u201d<\/p>\n
Avella said he arrived home about 10 minutes later and initially did not hear anything happening nearby.<\/p>\n
\u201cI arrived about ten minutes later and didn\u2019t really hear anything,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, yeah, kind of a shock to know that it\u2019s right over there.\u201d<\/p>\n
He described seeing the SWAT response as unusual for the normally quiet area.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce we saw the SWAT, I was like, \u2018Oh, man, that\u2019s not a very normal thing to see,\u2019\u201d the neighbor said. \u201cSo, yeah, it was pretty crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
News 6 has reached out to officials for additional information and is waiting to hear back. <\/p>\n
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n
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