SWAT teams respond to call near Mueller: APD

SWAT teams responded to a situation in east Austin near Mueller, according to APD.

APD says that officers responded to a possible disturbance at an apartment at 2604 Aldrich St.

When officers arrived, they made contact with a resident as the other involved party fled from a window in the apartment.

Police learned that the suspect, a black male in his 30s, had multiple outstanding violent felony warrants.

The suspect barricaded himself in a nearby construction site with a firearm.

APD SWAT teams and negotiators responded to the scene because the suspect was armed.

The scene is no longer active. Police say that the suspect is not in custody and that he remains at-large.

No one was hurt.

No other information is available at this time.

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