EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso police are asking the public to avoid an area in the Segundo Barrio on Wednesday afternoon as an armed suspect has barricaded himself inside a business.
According to the El Paso Police Department, traffic has been closed at the 900 block of South Stanton Street, near Mata’s Fruit Store (at the intersection of E. 7th Avenue), as a suspect has secured himself inside the business, and police say a “weapon is involved.”
Information is limited at the moment as this is a developing situation, but EPPD said the emergency call originally came in as an aggravated robbery in progress at around 3:49 p.m.
This is a developing story; check back for updates.
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