Around 1:46 PM 03.19.2023, a call came in to the LPD from a woman saying "that a man was threatening to kill her husband." Police swarmed the area immediately.
A couple minutes later on the scanner: "She is with her husband, barricaded in a room upstairs. The man is downstairs and they can hear him."
Ten minutes later: "They now think there are 3 people in there, and the doors are locked."
Police called for the Bearcat pictured above.
Suddenly in the middle of this whole deal, a report came through that a person claiming to know the people barricaded in the house appeared at the front desk of the police station with different information. The more information came in, the more the story changed.
The police, at the same time, had a car and driver stopped in the St. Clement's parking lot. He was there for about thirty minutes without being handcuffed, then they handcuffed him, and loaded him into a police car.
They sent a drone past the windows, and the police finally entered the house. They continued to try and get a response from the person, people, woman-- whoever was barricaded in the back room.
When they finally entered the back room, no one was there.
The street and Roosevelt School were opened, and life went on.
Good work Lakewood Police: cool heads, strong actions.