Police Swarm San Diego Apartment Complex, Neighborhood Shelters In Place

SAN DIEGO, CA— Police responded to reports of a man armed with a gun at a Colina Del Sol-area apartment complex Monday, prompting a neighborhood shelter-in-place order and a three-hour standoff that ended with the suspect in custody.

A 911 caller reported the domestic altercation in the 4300 block of 54th Street shortly before 6:30 a.m., according to the San Diego Police Department.

When the officers arrived at the neighborhood south of El Cajon Boulevard, "the suspect went onto the roof of the apartment complex," SDPD Officer Sarah Foster said. "He then ignored repeated orders to surrender, prompting police to send in a SWAT team."

Administrators at nearby Horace Mann Middle School kept pupils and staff secure indoors during the stalemate, and area residents were advised to shelter in place. The standoff ended at about 9:30 a.m., when the suspect finally complied with commands to come down from the roof and give himself up peaceably. His name was not immediately available.

Officers recovered a gun at the scene of the standoff, Foster said.