Assault suspect arrested peacefully after 5-hour standoff

The incident evacuated neighboring homes after police called in a SWAT team.

Police peacefully arrested a domestic violence assault suspect yesterday evening after a five-hour standoff that evacuated neighboring homes.

Bellevue Police received a call at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday reporting a domestic violence incident at a home on the 16700 block of Northeast 6th Place. The suspect, a 20-year-old male, is accused of assaulting his father who sustained injuries that were not life threatening.

The suspect had outstanding arrest warrants and barricaded himself in a downstairs room of the home. The suspect was known to police and had expressed desires to harm officers in a 2015 incident, according to public information officer Seth Tyler. Additionally, the suspect had access to weapons, so police called in SWAT and crisis response teams.

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Once the teams reached the front door, the suspect peacefully turned himself in and was arrested without incident at about 8:30 p.m.