Woman in custody following hours long SWAT situation in North Side, child safe

UPDATE 5:30 a.m.: A woman was taken into custody following an hours long SWAT situation. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said Brandy Johnson was taken into custody on her outstanding warrant and will now face new charges. Officials said her 8-year-old son is safe, and she was checked out by medics. She is being taken to the Allegheny County Jail. ORIGINAL STORY:SWAT was called to Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood early Monday morning for a woman barricaded inside an apartment with a her 8-year-old child.The SWAT situation started around 3 a.m. at an apartment in Three Rivers Manor on Rhine Place.Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said the woman had an active warrant for a domestic-related aggravated assault against a former partner from a few weeks ago. Sunday night, she allegedly threw a brick into his window, then barricaded herself and a child inside the apartment.Officials said she is in violation of a no-contact order, and she will face new charges.Allegheny County dispatchers said no one was taken to the hospital.This is a developing story; stick with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for the latest information.

PITTSBURGH —

UPDATE 5:30 a.m.: A woman was taken into custody following an hours long SWAT situation.

Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said Brandy Johnson was taken into custody on her outstanding warrant and will now face new charges.

Officials said her 8-year-old son is safe, and she was checked out by medics. She is being taken to the Allegheny County Jail.

ORIGINAL STORY:

SWAT was called to Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood early Monday morning for a woman barricaded inside an apartment with a her 8-year-old child.

The SWAT situation started around 3 a.m. at an apartment in Three Rivers Manor on Rhine Place.

Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said the woman had an active warrant for a domestic-related aggravated assault against a former partner from a few weeks ago. Sunday night, she allegedly threw a brick into his window, then barricaded herself and a child inside the apartment.

Officials said she is in violation of a no-contact order, and she will face new charges.

Allegheny County dispatchers said no one was taken to the hospital.

This is a developing story; stick with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for the latest information.