Police have Friday morning standoff in Southeast Austin
Published 11:06 am Friday, August 20, 2021
An Austin police officer stands watch from across the street from Whittier Place Friday as law enforcement dealt with a suspect refusing to come out of the house. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Law enforcement stages outside an apartment at Whittier Place after a suspect in an earlier incident went inside. The suspect was taken into custody roughly an hour after law enforcmeent surrounded the complex. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
An investigator with the Mower County Sheriffs Department gets his rifle out at the seen of a standoff Friday morning at Whittier Place. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
A Mower County Sheriff’s investigator stands watch on the courtyard of Whittier Place Friday morning during a standoff. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The suspect in a standoff Friday morning at Whittier Place comes out with his hands up to waiting pollice officers after roughly an hour. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The suspect in a nearly hour-long standoff at Whittier Place is taken into custody by Austin police Friday morning. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
A Mower County Sheriff’s Department investigator, left, and Sheriff Steve Sandvik talk at the scene of a vehicle that was taken into custody during a standoff at Whittier Place Friday morning. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
An Austin police cruiser arrives on scene at a standoff Friday morning at Whittier Place. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
A Mower County Sheriffs Department investigator takes photos of a car that was confiscated during a standoff at Whittier Place Friday morning. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
An Austin Police officer stands next to a vehicle that was confiscated Friday morning during a standoff at Whittier Place. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Mower County Sheriff Steve Sandvik walks with a vehicle begin towed after it was confiscated during a standoff Friday at Whittier Place. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
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A brief standoff occurred Friday morning in Southeast Austin after police received a call of a dispute.
An investigator with the Mower County Sheriffs Department gets his rifle out at the seen of a standoff Friday morning at Whittier Place. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
According to Austin Police Chief David McKichan, police responded to a dispute at about 9:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Third Avenue Southeast. Officers suspected a firearm may have been involved and acted with an abundance of caution in approaching the scene and later searching it.
McKichan indicated law enforcement does not believe this to have been a random event and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
McKichan would not release any information about a suspect being taken into custody; however, Herald staff on scene witnessed a male subject being handcuffed by police.
A vehicle was towed away from the scene; however, it has not been confirmed if it was related to the incident.
McKichan said the case remains under investigation.
The Herald will provide more information as it becomes available.