5NEWS BRIEF- SWAT

In the early morning hours of Feb. 17, Austin Police responded to a family disturbance at the Blunn Creek Apartments, across the street from the St. Edward’s University parking garage.

A SWAT team was called in to handle the standoff with a man who locked himself inside an apartment, possibly having access gun, according to APD.

The suspect, Jose Juarez, Jr., 27, was arrested after a nearly three hour standoff. Juarez has been charged with assault family violence, according to jail records.

The Woodward street, the parking garage and adjacent parking lot were closed during the standoff, but opened later that morning.