A man who allegedly threatened family members at their home in San Diego’s Valencia Park neighborhood Wednesday holed up inside and refused to surrender when police arrived, leading to a SWAT standoff.
The department got an emergency call about the suspect’s reported behavior at the house on Coban Street just off South Euclid Avenue about 10:45 a.m., Officer David O’Brien said.
The relatives who the man allegedly threatened fled the home, but the suspect remained inside and refused to comply with officers’ orders to exit and give himself up, leading police to call in special weapons and tactics team.
Officers evacuated surrounding residences in the neighborhood just southeast of the intersection of Euclid and Logan avenues while trying to persuade the suspect to surrender.
The stalemate was ongoing in the early afternoon.
