Barricaded suspect in custody, had medical emergency as SWAT entered Del Paso Heights house
Sacramento police took a man into custody Thursday night after an hourslong standoff in Del Paso Heights.
The Sacramento Police Department said in a tweet at 11:30 p.m. that officers entered the house, on the 3800 block of Belden Street near Grand Avenue, to discover a barricaded suspect having a “medical emergency.”
SWAT and Sacramento Fire Department personnel entered the house, and the male suspect was wheeled out on a stretcher and transported to a hospital.
Sacramento Police Department spokesman Officer Karl Chan said Friday morning that the suspect is in stable condition, and that the medical emergency is believed to be a drug overdose.
Officers had responded to the Del Paso Heights neighborhood around 4 p.m. Thursday following reports of a domestic dispute, Chan said.
Police determined that the male subject had an outstanding felony warrant and had “access to firearms,” Chan said. A firearm was located inside the residence during a follow-up investigation, Chan said. No shots were fired.
The suspect, whose identity has not been released, allegedly barricaded himself in the residence before dozens more officers, negotiators and SWAT personnel arrived over the next several hours. No contact could be made, so SWAT teams entered around 11 p.m., Chan said.
The suspect’s daughter, at one point around 9 p.m., pleaded over megaphone for her father to exit the house.
This story was originally published October 18, 2019 at 7:28 AM.
