Man in custody after SWAT standoff in Renton
Feb 24, 2026, 5:36 PM | Updated: 6:45 pm
Police took a man into custody following a SWAT standoff in Renton. (Photo: James Lynch, KIRO Newsradio)
(Photo: James Lynch, KIRO Newsradio)
A man is in custody after a domestic violence call turned into a SWAT standoff in Renton Tuesday.
Around noon, officers were called to the Grammercy Apartments on 120th Lane Southeast for a domestic dispute.
Police said a man and a woman were in an argument. Both were reportedly armed, one with a knife, one with a handgun.
The man then allegedly assaulted the woman and pointed a gun at her. She then stabbed the man in the leg, authorities told KIRO Newsradio.
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The man then barricaded himself inside the apartment.
Police got a search warrant, and the SWAT team moved in and took the man into custody.
He will be booked into jail for second-degree assault.
Contributing: Jason Sutich and Julia Dallas, MyNorthwest
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