PIQUA — UPDATE @ 6:30 P.M.
A man is in custody after a domestic situation led to an hours-long SWAT standoff in Miami County.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, officers responded around 12:30 p.m. to the 900 block of Beal Avenue.
The Piqua-Sidney Tactical Response Team was activated just after 3 p.m., and officers secured a search warrant, according to a Piqua Police spokesperson.
Our news crew saw several police cruisers and police SWAT vehicles at the scene.
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The spokesperson said that a male victim reported that the suspect had a knife and threatened to cause personal harm. The suspect denied officers entry into the home and stopped speaking with officers after a brief phone call. The victim told officers that the suspect also had access to guns.
Our news crew was at the scene when the standoff ended.
The suspect came out with his hands up and yelled at the police.
Deputy Chief Miles Gearing told News Center 7’s Malik Patterson that this man was no stranger to Piqua Police.
Patterson also spoke with a neighbor. Jason Tillman said that he had never seen so many officers on his street.
“It’s kind of nerve-racking,” said Tillman. “You know, we have kids. Everybody has kids around here, and you just really don’t know what’s going on.”
No one was injured during the incident.
A 51-year-old man is in custody on one count of domestic violence and obstructing official business. He is being held in the Miami County Jail.
News Center 7 checked online jail records.
It shows that Thomas Runkle, 51, was booked in the Miami County Jail at 4:40 p.m. after he was arrested at the 900 block of Boal Avenue. We are working to confirm if he is the suspect with this incident.
News Center 7 will continue to update this developing story.
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