Police search for gunman after standoff in North Seattle
Jan 31, 2012, 6:23 AM | Updated: 11:05 am
Police were involved in a standoff in North Seattle Tuesday morning. (97.3 KIRO FM/Tim Haeck)
(97.3 KIRO FM/Tim Haeck)
A standoff that lasted for several hours in North Seattle has ended. The SWAT team has cleared the apartment building where they thought an armed man had been holed up after his girlfriend stiffed a cab driver and ran inside.
97.3 KIRO FM reporter Tim Haeck says five armored police tactical vehicles on the scene.
Traffic was blocked off around an apartment building at North 137th and Midvale Avenue North.
The suspect reportedly threatened the cab driver with a gun and said his girlfriend would not be paying the cab fare. Police spokesman Jeff Kappel says the man with the gun then retreated inside the apartment building.
Police escorted other apartment residents out of the building but did allow employees who work at nearby businesses to move inside the police tape to their jobs.
Kappel says no one was injured and the search continues for the gunman.
