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19-year-old in custody after all-night standoff on Northeast Side

Ricardo Guerrero charged with deadly conduct with firearm

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police have made an arrest after a standoff on the Northeast Side that stretched from Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon.

Ricardo Guerrero, 19, was arrested on two counts of deadly conduct with a firearm.

Jail records show he was taken into custody at a home in the 4000 block of Sunrise Creek, the same location where the standoff took place.

Suspect barricades himself inside NE Side home during standoff with police

Police said witnesses reported seeing a man outside that home firing a gun around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Some of the rounds hit two neighbors’ property, police said.

Witnesses told them the shooter then barricaded himself inside his home.

Police and a SWAT team spent hours trying to convince the man to come out peacefully.

Standoff sunrise creek (KSAT)

They could be heard talking on a loudspeaker early Thursday, pleading with someone named Ricardo to surrender.

Police still have not released details of how the standoff ended.

However, records show Guerrero was arrested around 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

He is being held in jail with bonds totaling $30,000.


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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.

Tim has been a photojournalist and video editor at KSAT since 1998. He came to San Antonio from Lubbock, where he worked in TV and earned his bachelor's degree in Electronic Media and Communication from Texas Tech University. Tim has won a handful of awards and has earned a master's in Strategic Communication and Innovation from Tech as well.

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