SAN ANTONIO – A woman was arrested after a standoff at a Northwest Side apartment complex that left one firefighter injured, according to San Antonio police.
Zhen Qin, 30, was taken into custody for aggravated assault against a public servant, Bexar County court records show.
Authorities were called for a welfare check around 9:50 a.m. Wednesday in the 15600 block of Market Hill Boulevard, near North Loop 1604 West.
Police said Qin had lived at the apartment, which was supposed to be vacant at the end of March.
Management attempted to contact Qin multiple times and called for a welfare check to make sure she was OK.
Police and the San Antonio Fire Department arrived at the complex to breach the door. As authorities attempted to breach the door, police said Qin started swinging a knife, striking a San Antonio firefighter.
The firefighter sustained minor injuries and was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Qin then barricaded herself in a room in the apartment complex. SAPD said negotiators were contacted, and she was later taken into custody.
There have previously been other calls to the location, according to police.
A woman who told KSAT she is the former roommate of Qin said she reported the suspect multiple times.
“They still wouldn’t do anything. It took one of my roommates being assaulted by her to have all of us, besides (the suspect), move to other apartments,” the former roommate said.
Qin was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on a $40,000 bond, according to jail records.
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