Barricaded Suspect in Custody, Evacuation Lifted

An evacuation has been lifted after a man reportedly with mental problems and under the influence of crack cocaine was taken into custody shortly before noon today, Feb. 11, according to Lt. E. Vazquez of the Tampa Police Department.

Vazquez said in a phone interview that gas was used to lure the suspect, Pedro L. Rivera, out of a detached garage that he had run into after police responded to a domestic dispute at 515 E. Floribraska Ave. in Tampa Heights.

"He was in the attic of the detached garage," Vazquez said. "He fell through the ceiling but he's uninjured and in custody."

An evacuation of the area, reported at around 8:30 a.m., has been lifted.

Floribraska Avenue, between Central Avenue eastbound and Interstate 275, had been shut down as well, according to the police report.