AUSTIN, Texas — One suspect was located following a SWAT response in South Austin late Friday night into early Saturday morning.
The Austin Police Department responded to the 5700 block of Sunset Ridge just before 11 p.m. Friday.
Police stated that they received a call saying that a male suspect was brandishing a firearm, was threatening family members, and was not allowing a female victim to leave the residence.
It was confirmed that the relationship between the suspect and the victim, as well as all of the witnesses, was that they were family members.
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When officers arrived, they located family members and witnesses and requested SWAT officers and hostage negotiators to respond to the scene.
The victim was eventually released and allowed to leave the residence, but the suspect was still thought to be barricaded in the residence with a firearm at around 2:30 a.m.
The suspect was located by 3:30 a.m.