Sacramento police in hours-long standoff with armed suspect holding hostage

A map indicating the site of the hostage situation

A police standoff with an armed suspect holding one other individual hostage in Sacramento stretched from Monday morning late into the nighttime hours, authorities mentioned.

In accordance with a tweet by the Sacramento Police Division at 11:17 a.m., officers have been within the space of 58th Road and Fruitridge Highway making an attempt to make contact with an individual who might have fired a gun.

Officers arrange a fringe, police mentioned. SWAT officers, negotiators and drones have been additionally deployed.

“One topic has been noticed to be armed contained in the residence,” police mentioned. “Right now, no less than one different topic is believed to be inside. ... Right now, it's believed that the armed suspect is holding no less than one particular person towards their will contained in the residence.”

The final police replace — that the perimeter was nonetheless energetic and negotiators have been working to resolve the standoff — got here at 7:20 p.m.

The scene remained energetic late into Monday evening, in response to KOVR-TV Channel 13.

A girl instructed the station that a man was being held hostage by one in every of her family members and that she was requested to carry alcohol and cigarettes to the scene by the suspect.

“Relations mentioned there have been about eight individuals, together with a small little one, within the residence when an argument started this morning,” the station reported. “Everybody left with solely the suspect and the hostage being the one two individuals remaining within the residence.”

A Sacramento Police Division consultant couldn't be reached for an replace Monday evening.

Additional data was not out there.

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