Crime & Safety
SWAT Team Dispatched In Standoff In Northwest Charlotte: CMPD
A wanted suspect refused to surrender to police and barricaded himself in an apartment Thursday morning.
CHARLOTTE, NC — Charlotte police were in a standoff with a wanted suspect Thursday morning who refused to surrender for arrest.
The suspect was barricaded in an apartment on Jones Street, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, who dispatched its SWAT Team and negotiators to the scene.
The suspect eventually surrendered around noon, CMPD said.
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VCAT was trying to arrest suspect who refuses to come out of a home. Police don’t know if he is armed. pic.twitter.com/AfXkocZuNP
— Mark Becker (@MarkBeckerWSOC9) March 29, 2018
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information becomes available.
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