Stabbing Leads To Paradise Hills SWAT Standoff

SAN DIEGO, CA — A SWAT team took up positions around a Paradise Hills-area home where an assault suspect was believed to be holed up early Monday, leading to a roughly four-hour standoff that ended when police entered the residence and discovered the man was not there.

Officers investigating a stabbing that took place late Sunday evening in National City went to the house near the intersection of Rachael Avenue and Winchester Street early Monday morning in search of the suspected assailant, according to the San Diego Police Department.

At about 2 a.m., after attempts to call the man out of the home proved futile, special weapons and tactics personnel were called in, SDPD Officer Colin Steinbroner said.

The stalemate continued until around 6 a.m., when the SWAT officers entered and searched the residence, finding the suspect gone.

The alleged assailant, whose identity was not released, remained at large as of 1:45 p.m., Steinbroner said.

An update on the condition of the stabbing victim and details on the alleged assault were unavailable Monday afternoon.

— City News Service