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Update: Children released, man in custody after South Seattle standoff

Apr 25, 2017, 7:10 AM | Updated: 9:26 am

A standoff began after a domestic violence assault in the 3800 block of Rainier Avenue South near S...

A standoff began after a domestic violence assault in the 3800 block of Rainier Avenue South near South Andover Street. (KIRO 7)

(KIRO 7)

A SWAT team swarmed an apartment building in South Seattle where a man barricaded himself inside with a woman and four children after an assault.

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The standoff began after the man punched a woman inside an apartment in the 3800 block of Rainier Avenue South near South Andover Street at about 5 a.m.

The man was inside an apartment with four children — ages 3 months, 1 year, 3 years and 11 years old — and a woman, who is his former girlfriend, and has a no-contact order against him. He was refusing to come out.

At about 8:15 a.m., the children were let out of the apartment. They were not hurt. The woman and man remained inside until the man was taken into custody at about 9:10 a.m.

The woman’s condition is unknown.

The woman who was punched is the sister of the man’s former girlfriend. She was taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment.

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