UPDATE: Police response on 46th SW in Admiral

9:50 AM: Thanks for the tips. Police have blocked off 46th SW north of Admiral. We just went to the scene ti ask what’s happening. They tell us they’re in a standoff with a domestic-violence suspect.

10:41 AM: We asked the SPD media office if they could tell us anything further. They say this started as an assault call around 8 am; the victim “sustained a non-life-threatening injury.” Officers at the scene trying to arrest the suspect include negotiators.

11:52 AM: Not yet resolved.

2:38 PM: Commenters report police have left. We’re following up on how this was resolved.

6:34 PM: While an SPD spokesperson confirmed that the situation was over, they hadn’t yet received a final report on how it ended. All we can verify independently is that apparently no one was hurt, as there were no SFD medical responses in the area. We’ll ask again tomorrow for that report and will update here when we finally get info.

ADDED 11:53 AM WEDNESDAY: Here’s the summary we received from SPD after another inquiry this morning:

Police responded to a report of an assault in the 2300 block of 46 AV SW around 8:00 a.m. Victim sustained non-life-threatening injury from the reported assault. Police were at the location effecting the arrest of the barricaded suspect. HNT [Hostage Negotiating Team] was on scene assisting with communications.

Police did not make physical contact with the suspect in the home because officers did not want to escalate the crisis the suspect was experiencing.

The victim was relocated to another residence and did not return to the property.

Officers established PC [probable cause] to arrest for Assault 4 and Harassment, but no physical arrest was made. Domestic Violence Unit detectives are investigating.

Neighbor November 7, 2023 (12:15 pm)

Does the length of the stand off indicate the person is armed? If so, what is typical SPS protocol as I hear the kids outside at recess at Lafayette Elem

WSB November 7, 2023 (12:24 pm)

Hi, I finally found the recording of the initial dispatch on this. There was some concern the suspect MIGHT have access to a gun. The house is closer to the College end of the block, which puts it at some distance from Lafayette. I don’t have any other details, as whatever ongoing radio traffic is happening on this is outside the channels to which we have access; the most recent thing we heard on the main channel (leading to the “not resolved yet” note) is that they were sending more officers over at shift change, as the ones who originally responded were from first watch – TR
Admiral Neighbor November 7, 2023 (12:37 pm)

We live around the corner and the blockade went up while my husband was out on his run. On his way back home, a neighbor told him the suspect had a gun. We haven’t heard anything from our house, but it’s still blocked off. It’s 2 long blocks away from Lafayette, so the school is fine.

Taxpayer November 7, 2023 (12:16 pm)

Just drove by. Three police cars blocking the street still.

TerryL November 7, 2023 (1:52 pm)

I also just drove by and the 3 police cars are still there blocking the street.

CarDriver November 7, 2023 (1:33 pm)

As of 1:15 46th still blocked off at Admiral and 3 SPD vehicles there.

Suzan Wilson November 7, 2023 (1:44 pm)

We live on the block and it is very quiet here. We are hoping that means negotiations are in process and hopefully working.

College resident November 7, 2023 (1:45 pm)

This is turning into quiet the all day event. There are still at least 8 police cars there. Seems like the suspect should have come out by now.

Suzan Wilson November 7, 2023 (2:01 pm)

I think they are trying to negotiate with him.

46th Ave Resident November 7, 2023 (2:09 pm)

The police cars are all leaving now.

Out of curiosity November 7, 2023 (2:11 pm)

As of 1408, all police have left scene. Hopefully it came to a peaceful resolve.

WSresident November 7, 2023 (2:38 pm)

I hope she’s ok. 😢

ConcernedInAdmiral November 7, 2023 (3:24 pm)

I do too! Domestic violence victim could just as easily be a “he” too.
- Wjrw November 7, 2023 (4:34 pm)
  
  Not “just as easily”. Statistics show that women are primarily the victims on these cases. It’s not that one gender is kinder than the other – it’s much deeper than that. To say otherwise hides the issues that create it.

Sue November 7, 2023 (4:19 pm)

We had a robbery suspect chased into our back yard a couple of weeks ago. The sheriff and police were there nearly 3 hours talking to him, patting him down, looking around our ard (we have a lot of stuff in our yard, so that was quite a time-consuming issue fir them.) We live on q3th off Ambaum.

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