A man remained in custody Wednesday after a nearly two-and-a-half-year standoff with a Lubbock SWAT team stemming from an alleged attack the day before at a downtown Lubbock motel.
According to Lubbock police, officers responded at 12:08 a.m. to a report of a robbery in progress at a motel in the 900 block of 66th Street.
During the course of the initial investigation, it appears that Joe Perez, 33, attempted to assault a motel employee with a piece of glass and then barricaded himself in a motel room.
According to LPD, a call from the Lubbock SWAT negotiator came in at 12:51 p.m. After a chemical agent was deployed, Perez left and was safely taken into custody at 2:34 p.m.
He was taken to the Lubbock County Detention Center where he was charged with aggravated assault. According to police, there were no injuries and the investigation is ongoing.
This article originally appeared in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Man remains arrested after SWAT call at Lubbock motel
