Overnight East Austin SWAT call ends in arrest; suspect had multiple felony warrants, says APD

Suspect in SWAT call tries to escape through window

A suspect is in custody after an overnight SWAT call in East Austin. The suspect had multiple felony warrants, including for strangulation and aggravated assault, per APD.

AUSTIN, Texas - A SWAT situation overnight in east Austin ended with an arrest.

What we know:

Around 10 p.m. on July 16, Austin police reported receiving a disturbance call at the M. Station Apartments on E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

The suspect reportedly had multiple felony warrants out for his arrest, including for strangulation and aggravated assault, and had barricaded himself in the apartment to avoid arrest.

Residents in the apartment complex were asked to evacuate until police were able to apprehend the suspect.

After five hours of negotiation, at around 3:20 a.m. on July 17, officers decided to force entry into the apartment to apprehend him.

East Austin SWAT situation ends in arrest

A SWAT situation in East Austin ended up with an arrest.?

Video captured by FOX 7 Austin shows what appears to be the suspect hanging out of a window with some sheets tied together, part of which is wrapped around him.

A drone drives a few feet from him. He lingers, tries to grab part of the window next to him, and eventually goes back inside. SWAT officers can be seen in the apartment.

"The first resource that they use, which is generally what we always try to use, is negotiation. The negotiation efforts were pretty extensive. We showed up around 9:50 p.m. and at 3:20a.m. he was taken into custody. Most of that was negotiation," Officer Jeremy Fisher with APD, said. "We have hostage negotiators that were trying to make contact with him and keep him engaged, but there was a point where that no longer seemed to be a viable exercise and the SWAT officers forced entry and took him into custody."

Austin police believe this was an isolated incident and no one was harmed. Residents were able to return to their homes after the suspect was taken into custody.