SAN ANTONIO – 3:30 p.m. Update:
An hours-long standoff at a Northwest Side apartment has come to an end after a suspect gave himself up to authorities, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.
The suspect was identified as 48-year-old Christopher Lombrano. Salazar said he surrendered himself around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Deputies initially came to the area to execute family violence-related warrants. When they came into Lombrano’s apartment, he retreated to the bathroom and told deputies he was “gonna blow the place up if they came any closer,” Salazar said.
Deputies then left the apartment, and a standoff ensued for several hours. Negotiations continued, and Salazar said the suspect was becoming “really hard to deal with.”
Lombrano was armed with knives but no firearm, Salazar said.
Deputies deployed tear gas into the apartment bathroom and Lombrano gave himself up without incident. The fire department is working to decontaminate Lombrano before he’s taken to jail.
He faces domestic violence-related charges, and more charges are expected from the standoff, according to Salazar. No injuries were reported.
Original:
A man wanted on two felony warrants is holed up inside an apartment Thursday on the city’s Northwest Side.
Bexar County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Deputy Johnny Garcia said deputies from the Fugitive Apprehension Unit tried to serve the warrants at an apartment in the 3400 block of Magic Drive when they heard a man make some threatening comments toward them.
The deputies retreated and established a perimeter outside the building, Garcia said.
A SWAT team is on the scene and negotiators are trying to get the man to surrender peacefully. It’s not known if the man has weapons inside the apartment, Garcia said.
The man is wanted on warrants for assault of family violence and violation of a protective order, Garcia said.
Residents from several nearby units were evacuated.
We’ll have updates on this developing story as they become available.