KETTERING — UPDATE (6:30 p.m.:)
A suspect believed to not be in a home after a hours-long standoff was found hiding under debris.
Our cameras captured officers finding the man around 6 p.m. and removing debris from on top of him before pulling it out of the home.
A spokesperson for Kettering police confirmed that officers found the suspect, identified as Shane Smith, while conducting a search warrant.
Our News Center 7 crew saw Smith taken away by medics.
Smith had warrants for domestic violence and strangulation.
We will continue to follow this story.
UPDATE: (5:45 p.m.)
The suspect in an hours-long SWAT standoff at a home in Kettering was not found inside, according to a spokesperson from the Kettering Police Department.
The SWAT team members and detectives are still on scene executing a search warrant.
Additional information was not immediately available.
INITIAL REPORT:
A domestic situation escalated into an hours-long SWAT standoff in Kettering on Tuesday.
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Officers were initially called out to the area of Mini Court and Aragon Avenue in Kettering around 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, according to dispatchers.
Police on the scene told News Center 7 that this started as a domestic situation.
News Center 7 spotted Kettering Police, Dayton Police, and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) on the scene, as well as SWAT vehicles.
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As shown on News Center 7 at 5:00, crews were still on the scene of the standoff over six hours later.
During his time on the scene, News Center 7’s Mason Fletcher saw police detain one person, who was eventually put in the back of a cruiser, and talk to another person who neighbors said may have been the suspect’s father.
Even after that, police were still working to get someone else out of the house.
Our crew could hear glass shattering and police firing tear gas into the home.
Investigators were also flying a drone above the cul-de-sac.
Armed officers, some with riot shields, were also seen running across the street, using a SWAT truck and trees as cover.
They could also be heard on a megaphone asking the suspect to come out of the house.
Neighbors on the road made their way onto their front porches and as close to the police tape as the standoff went on. Before being told to go back inside, some told News Center 7 that they’ve seen Kettering Police at that house multiple times just this year.
The scene remains active at the time of this report. We’ll update this story as we learn more.
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